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5 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2011
7.3 Configuring Acronis PXE Server ...............................................................................................66
8 Creating a master image ...................................................................................................... 67
8.1 Preparation of the master operating system ..........................................................................67
8.2 Online vs. offline imaging ........................................................................................................68
8.3 Performing online imaging ......................................................................................................68
8.4 Performing offline imaging ......................................................................................................68
8.5 Steps of the Master Image Creator wizard ..............................................................................71
8.5.1 Disks or volumes to image ............................................................................................................................ 71
8.5.2 Image name and location ............................................................................................................................. 72
8.5.3 Options of imaging ........................................................................................................................................ 73
8.5.4 Comments and summary ............................................................................................................................. 76
9 Validating a master image .................................................................................................... 78
10 Deploying a master image .................................................................................................... 79
10.1 Files supported as master images ...........................................................................................79
10.2 Licenses for deployment ..........................................................................................................80
10.3 Deployment templates ............................................................................................................80
10.3.1 Creating a deployment template ................................................................................................................. 80
10.3.2 Configuring default deployment settings .................................................................................................... 98
10.3.3 Managing deployment templates................................................................................................................ 99
10.4 Deployment through a deployment task .................................................................................99
10.4.1 Prerequisites ................................................................................................................................................ 100
10.4.2 Deployment to specific machines .............................................................................................................. 100
10.4.3 Deployment to any ready machines .......................................................................................................... 106
10.4.4 Booting the target machines ...................................................................................................................... 108
10.4.5 Operations with deployment tasks ............................................................................................................ 111
10.4.6 Deployment behind an NAT device ........................................................................................................... 111
10.5 Stand-alone deployment .......................................................................................................112
10.6 User-initiated deployment (custom deployment) .................................................................113
10.6.1 Understanding user-initiated deployment ................................................................................................ 113
10.6.2 Considerations when using a PXE server ................................................................................................... 115
10.6.3 Setting up the user-initiated deployment mode ...................................................................................... 115
10.6.4 Changing parameters of the user-initiated deployment mode ............................................................... 118
10.6.5 Switching off the user-initiated deployment mode.................................................................................. 118
11 Managing the list of machines (the Machines view) ............................................................ 119
11.1 Adding machines....................................................................................................................119
11.2 Groups of machines ...............................................................................................................120
11.3 Actions on machines ..............................................................................................................120
11.4 States and results for machines .............................................................................................121
12 Individual deployment settings .......................................................................................... 122
12.1 Enabling, disabling, and resetting individual settings............................................................122
12.2 List of individual settings .......................................................................................................122
13 Managing deployment tasks (the Deployment tasks view) .................................................. 124
13.1 List of deployment tasks ........................................................................................................124