Acronis Snap Deploy 5 - User Guide - Manual (Page 13)

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1.5.4 Support for the VHD format
In addition to using its own format for an image, Acronis Snap Deploy 5 can perform deployment
from a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) file. Such file stores contents of one or more disks. It can be created in
Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7.
Scenario
You saved the disks of one of your machines to a VHD file by using the Windows Backup program.
Now you want to deploy that machine to other machines.
When setting up the deployment, you specify the VHD file as you would specify an image file created
by Acronis Snap Deploy 5. When performing the deployment, the software can change the settings
for the machines being deployed.
1.5.5 Graphical user interface in WinPE
A bootable media based on Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) now provides a graphical
user interface (GUI) similar to that in an Acronis bootable media.
By using the GUI, you can take a master image and perform deployment.
You may want to use a WinPE-based media if the Acronis media cannot recognize a specific device,
such as an exotic storage device.
A WinPE-based bootable media also provides a command-line utility (p. 11) for performing imaging
and deployment.
1.5.6 E-mail notifications about deployment
When using the command-line mode (p. 11), you can set up e-mail notifications about the result of
each deployment operation.
Scenario
In Scenario 1 or Scenario 2 described in “Command-line mode and scripting under WinPE” (p. 11), the
administrator also wants to receive e-mail notifications about deployment.
The administrator includes in the deployment script a command that sets up the parameters of the
e-mail notifications, such as the administrator’s e-mail address and the parameters of the mail
server.
An e-mail notification is sent after each deployment command. Each notification contains the MAC
address and IP address of the corresponding machine and whether the deployment has been
successful.
1.5.7 Compatibility with images created by other Acronis products
As a master image, Acronis Snap Deploy 5 can use a disk-level backup created by the following
products:
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Acronis True Image
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Acronis Backup & Recovery 10
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Acronis Backup & Recovery 11
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Acronis Backup 11.5