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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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5. Check your settings in the summary screen, and then click Create.
7.3 Configuring Acronis PXE Server
You can configure Acronis PXE server:
§ When creating an Acronis bootable media (p. 60) or a WinPE-based bootable media (p. 63).
§ When creating a bootable media for user-initiated deployment (p. 115).
Alternatively, you can use direct server configuration, as follows.
To perform a direct configuration of the PXE server
1. Start Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Console.
2. In the navigation pane, click PXE server.
3. If the PXE server is installed on a different machine, click Connect to the PXE server, and then
specify the name or IP address of that machine. In logon settings, specify the user name and
password of an administrator on that machine.
When connected to the PXE server, you can perform the following operations by clicking the
corresponding buttons on the toolbar:
§ Upload components: Upload bootable components (p. 59), such as Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Agent,
in the same way as when creating an Acronis bootable media (p. 60). The previously uploaded
components will be deleted from the PXE server before uploading the newly selected ones.
§ Upload PE image to PXE: Upload the Preinstallation Environment (PE) image (a .wim file) that
was previously created with Acronis Snap Deploy 4 PE builder. For details, see “Uploading a PE
image to Acronis PXE Server” (p. 65).
§ Remove: Remove a component or PE image from the PXE server.
§ Disable PXE Server: Disable the PXE server. The service does not stop, but no longer responds to
incoming requests.
§ Enable PXE Server: Enable the previously disabled PXE server.
Two bootable components of Acronis Snap Deploy 4 are uploaded to the PXE server.