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Table Of Contents
- 1 Introducing Acronis Snap Deploy 4
- 1.1 Overview
- 1.2 What you can do with Acronis Snap Deploy 4
- 1.2.1 Taking an image of the master system
- 1.2.2 Deployment to specific machines (immediate, manual, and scheduled deployment)
- 1.2.3 Deployment to any ready machines (event-driven deployment)
- 1.2.4 Stand-alone deployment
- 1.2.5 Deployment with individual deployment settings
- 1.2.6 User-initiated deployment (custom deployment)
- 1.2.7 Deployment of a disk volume and MBR
- 1.2.8 Command-line mode and scripting under WinPE
- 1.3 Features of Acronis Snap Deploy 4
- 1.3.1 New: List of machines
- 1.3.2 New: List of deployment tasks
- 1.3.3 New: Per-deployment licensing
- 1.3.4 New: Support for the VHD format
- 1.3.5 New: Graphical user interface in WinPE
- 1.3.6 New: E-mail notifications about deployment
- 1.3.7 New: Compatibility with Acronis True Image, Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, and Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 backups
- 1.3.8 New: Support for multiple network adapters
- 1.3.9 Multicast TTL and network bandwidth throttling
- 1.3.10 New: Falling back to unicast
- 1.3.11 Encrypted communication
- 1.3.12 Password protection
- 1.4 Supported operating systems for imaging and deployment
- 1.5 Licensing policy
- 1.6 Upgrading to Acronis Snap Deploy 4
- 1.7 Technical Support
- 2 Understanding Acronis Snap Deploy 4
- 3 Getting started with Acronis Snap Deploy 4
- 4 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 4
- 4.1 Supported operating systems
- 4.2 Used ports and IP addresses
- 4.3 Typical installation
- 4.4 Custom installation
- 4.4.1 Installation procedure
- 4.4.2 Common installation configurations
- 4.4.3 Installation of components
- 4.4.3.1 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Console
- 4.4.3.2 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 4 License Server
- 4.4.3.3 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 4 OS Deploy Server
- 4.4.3.4 Installation of Acronis PXE Server
- 4.4.3.5 Installation of Acronis Wake-on-LAN Proxy
- 4.4.3.6 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Agent
- 4.4.3.7 Installation of Acronis Universal Deploy
- 4.5 Other ways of installation
- 4.6 Upgrading Acronis Snap Deploy 4
- 4.7 Uninstalling Acronis Snap Deploy 4
- 5 Using Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Console
- 6 Using Acronis Snap Deploy 4 License Server
- 7 Deployment tools
- 8 Creating a master image
- 9 Validating a master image
- 10 Deploying a master image
- 10.1 Files supported as master images
- 10.2 Licenses for deployment
- 10.3 Deployment templates
- 10.4 Deployment through a deployment task
- 10.5 Stand-alone deployment
- 10.6 User-initiated deployment (custom deployment)
- 11 Managing the list of machines (the Machines view)
- 12 Individual deployment settings
- 13 Managing deployment tasks (the Deployment tasks view)
- 14 Command-line mode and scripting under WinPE
- 15 Collecting system information
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§ Performing deployment in the command-line mode (p. 126); for example, to deploy different
master images to different target machines (p. 134)
§ Sending e-mail notifications about deployment
7.2.2.1 Components included in the bootable media
Each WinPE-based bootable media contains the following bootable components (p. 59):
§ Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Agent
§ Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Master Image Creator
§ Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Command-Line Utility
The media also contains the Acronis Universal Deploy (p. 25) add-on.
7.2.2.2 Acronis Snap Deploy 4 PE Builder
Acronis Snap Deploy 4 PE Builder is a dedicated tool for creating a WinPE-based bootable media. The
PE Builder is installed with Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Console.
The PE builder creates the bootable media by adding components of Acronis Snap Deploy 4 to a
source file called a PE image.
A PE image is normally a .wim file. The PE builder can create a PE image automatically or use a PE
image you provide. The PE image can be based on WinPE 2.x or WinPE 3.0.
The term “image” in “PE image” is unrelated to the notion of “master image.”
7.2.2.3 Creating a bootable media based on WinPE 2.x or 3.0
Installing Windows AIK
To be able to create a bootable media based on WinPE 2.x or WinPE 3.0, you must have Windows
Automated Installation Kit (AIK) installed. For this purpose, install Acronis Snap Deploy 4
Management Console on a machine where Windows AIK is installed. If you do not have such
machine, do the following:
1. Download Windows AIK; for example, from the Windows AIK 3.0 Web page.
2. Burn the AIK to a DVD or write it to a USB flash drive.
3. Attach the flash drive or insert the DVD in the media drive of a machine running Windows.
4. From this kit, install:
a. Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (NETFXx86 or NETFXx64, depending on your hardware).
b. Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 5.0 or 6.0.
c. Windows AIK.
5. Install Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Console.
Creating the bootable media
A bootable media based on WinPE 2.x requires at least 256 MB of memory to work. The
recommended memory size for such media is 512 MB. A bootable media based on WinPE 3.0
requires at least 512 MB of memory to work.
The PE builder supports only 32-bit (x86) WinPE 2.x or 3.0. These WinPE distributions can also work
on 64-bit (x64) hardware.