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ENTIRE RISK The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the software is with you the purchaser. Acronis does not warrant that the software or its functions will meet your requirements or that the operation of the software will be uninterrupted or error-free or that any defects will be corrected. NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES In no event shall Acronis or its vendors be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for the loss of business information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use or inability to use the software, even if Acronis has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006 3 Table of Contents Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER 1. 1.1. 1.2. 1.3. 1.4. GENERAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................ 6 KEY FEATURES ....................................................................................................................................... 6 ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY ARCHITECTURE................................................................................................. 7 HOW ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY WORKS .................................................................................................... 7 SOFTWARE USAGE TERMS AND CONDITIONS ........................................................................................... 8 INSTALLATION AND OPERATION ................................................................................. 9 CHAPTER 2. 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................................................... 9 SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS ........................................................................................................... 9 SUPPORTED FILE SYSTEMS AND MEDIA ................................................................................................... 9 USED PORTS AND IP ADDRESSES .......................................................................................................... 10 LICENSE POLICY.................................................................................................................................... 10 ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY COMPONENTS INSTALLATION ......................................................................... 10 ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY COMPONENTS EXTRACTION ............................................................................ 12 USING ACRONIS LICENSE SERVER MANAGEMENT TOOL ....................................................................... 12 USING ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY TRIAL VERSION.................................................................................... 13 RUNNING ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY........................................................................................................ 13 COMPONENTS MODIFICATION ............................................................................................................... 14 REPAIRING COMPONENTS...................................................................................................................... 15 REMOVING COMPONENTS ..................................................................................................................... 15 TECHNICAL SUPPORT ............................................................................................................................ 16 USING ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY MANAGEMENT CONSOLE ................................ 17 CHAPTER 3. 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 KEY FEATURES ..................................................................................................................................... 17 CONNECTING TO A REMOTE COMPUTER ................................................................................................ 18 INSTALLING ACRONIS COMPONENTS ON A REMOTE PC......................................................................... 19 BROWSING LOGS................................................................................................................................... 20 PRE-DEPLOYMENT OPERATIONS ............................................................................... 22 CHAPTER 4. 4.1. CREATING MASTER IMAGE .................................................................................................................... 22 4.1.1. OS preparation for disk duplication process............................................................................... 22 4.1.2. Running Acronis Master Image Creator ..................................................................................... 23 4.1.3. Selecting disks ............................................................................................................................. 24 4.1.4. Selecting image location ............................................................................................................. 25 4.1.5. Selecting image file size .............................................................................................................. 26 4.1.6. Selecting data compression level ................................................................................................ 27 4.1.7. Providing comments.................................................................................................................... 28 4.1.8. Image creation script .................................................................................................................. 29 4.2. CHECKING MASTER IMAGES.................................................................................................................. 30 4.3. CREATING BOOTABLE MEDIA WITH ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY AGENT .................................................... 31 4.4. BOOTABLE DISKS CREATION ................................................................................................................. 32 4.5. INITIAL SETUP AND BOOTUP.................................................................................................................. 33 4.6. CONFIGURING ACRONIS PXE SERVER .................................................................................................. 34 CHAPTER 5. DEPLOYMENT.................................................................................................................... 36 5.1 MANAGING DEPLOYMENT..................................................................................................................... 36 5.1.1 Selecting target computers .............................................................................................................. 36 5.1.2 Selecting template mode .................................................................................................................. 37 5.1.3 Selecting a master image to deploy ................................................................................................. 39 5.1.4 Adding user information.................................................................................................................. 39 5.1.5 Computer name ............................................................................................................................... 40 4 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006 Table of Contents 5.1.6 Network settings .............................................................................................................................. 41 5.1.7 DNS settings .................................................................................................................................... 42 5.1.8 Change security identifiers .............................................................................................................. 43 5.1.9 Transferring files ............................................................................................................................. 44 5.1.10 Executing applications ................................................................................................................ 44 5.1.11 Providing comments.................................................................................................................... 45 5.1.12 Deployment options..................................................................................................................... 46 5.1.13 Deployment Script....................................................................................................................... 46 5.2 MANAGING TEMPLATES ........................................................................................................................ 48 CHAPTER 6. REMOTE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS .................................................................... 49 6.1 FILE MANAGEMENT ON A REMOTE PC .................................................................................................. 49 6.2 EXECUTING APPLICATIONS ON A REMOTE PC ....................................................................................... 51 6.2.1 Creating scheduled task................................................................................................................... 51 6.2.2 Managing scheduled tasks............................................................................................................... 57 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006 5 General information Chapter 1. General information Acronis Snap Deploy is a comprehensive solution designed for simultaneous remote deployment of a fully configured operating system with application software to target PCs over a network from a previously created image file. Acronis Snap Deploy also provides configuration management tools to configure system settings, manage files, and execute applications on systems throughout the network. During deployment, the process deploy server multicasts an image archive created from a master PC to networked target computers. The master image con ...