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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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a machine). Based on the operating system you are deploying, a workstation license or a server
license will be used.
If no appropriate license is available on the license server, the software can either stop deployment
to the machine, or use an alternative license.
Tip: To force a machine license to be used for a particular machine, you can specify the Licensing setting as an
individual setting (p. 122) for that machine.
When you deploy a workstation operating system (p. 14) and you selected the Use a server license
automatically option, the software will use a server license if no workstation license can be used.
The Licensing setting also applies to the Acronis Universal Deploy licenses independently from the
main licenses. For example, if a workstation license for performing deployment is found, but a
workstation license for applying Acronis Universal Deploy is not, Acronis Snap Deploy 4 may use a
server license for Acronis Universal Deploy, but still use a workstation license for performing
deployment.
Example
Suppose that you are deploying a workstation operating system. Consider the following settings:
§ During deployment: Use deployment licenses
§ If there are no deployment licenses: Use a machine license automatically
§ If the license server is out of workstation licenses: Use a server license automatically
With these settings, the software will use a license based on the following priority:
a) Deployment workstation license
b) Machine workstation license
c) Deployment server license
d) Machine server license
If you change the second setting from Use a machine license automatically to Stop deployment, the
software will use only deployment licenses. The software will use the following priority:
a) Deployment workstation license
b) Deployment server license
10.3.1.4 Using Acronis Universal Deploy
Specify whether you want to use Acronis Universal Deploy during deployment.
Acronis Universal Deploy is an add-on to Acronis Snap Deploy 4. It requires a separate license.
Skip this section if either of the following is true:
§ You do not have a license for Acronis Universal Deploy.
§ You want to deploy an image that does not contain Windows.
To configure this setting:
1. Select whether to use Acronis Universal Deploy.
Acronis Universal Deploy will help you to create a bootable Windows clone on different
hardware by automatically installing the necessary system drivers. Use Acronis Universal Deploy
when deploying Windows to a machine with a dissimilar processor, different motherboard or