Document Outline

• 1 Introducing Acronis Snap Deploy 4
  • 1.1 Overview
    • 1.1.1 What is Acronis Snap Deploy 4
    • 1.1.2 Who needs Acronis Snap Deploy 4
    • 1.1.3 Acronis Snap Deploy 4 infrastructure
  • 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: Support for UEFI
    • 1.3.2 New: Support for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
    • 1.3.3 New: List of machines
    • 1.3.4 New: List of deployment tasks
    • 1.3.5 New: Per-deployment licensing
    • 1.3.6 New: Support for the VHD format
    • 1.3.7 New: Graphical user interface in WinPE
    • 1.3.8 New: E-mail notifications about deployment
    • 1.3.9 New: Compatibility with Acronis True Image, Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, and Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 backups
    • 1.3.10 New: Support for multiple network adapters
    • 1.3.11 Multicast TTL and network bandwidth throttling
    • 1.3.12 New: Falling back to unicast
    • 1.3.13 Encrypted communication
    • 1.3.14 Password protection
  • 1.4 Supported operating systems for imaging and deployment
  • 1.5 Licensing policy
    • 1.5.1 Machine licenses and deployment licenses
    • 1.5.2 Server licenses and workstation licenses
    • 1.5.3 Licenses for Acronis Universal Deploy
    • 1.5.4 Trial version of Acronis Snap Deploy 4
  • 1.6 Upgrading to Acronis Snap Deploy 4
    • 1.6.1 Upgrading licenses
    • 1.6.2 Upgrading components
  • 1.7 Technical Support
• 2 Understanding Acronis Snap Deploy 4
  • 2.1 Terminology
  • 2.2 Components
  • 2.3 Support for file systems and storage media
    • 2.3.1 Supported file systems
    • 2.3.2 Supported media
  • 2.4 Supported types of disk and firmware interface
  • 2.5 Usage
    • 2.5.1 Offline imaging
    • 2.5.2 Online imaging
    • 2.5.3 Deployment
  • 2.6 What is Acronis Universal Deploy
    • 2.6.1 Acronis Universal Deploy purpose
    • 2.6.2 Acronis Universal Deploy general principles
    • 2.6.3 Acronis Universal Deploy and Microsoft Sysprep
    • 2.6.4 Getting Acronis Universal Deploy
  • 2.7 How to
• 3 Getting started with Acronis Snap Deploy 4
• 4 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 4
  • 4.1 Supported operating systems
  • 4.2 System requirements
  • 4.3 Used ports and IP addresses
  • 4.4 Typical installation
  • 4.5 Custom installation
    • 4.5.1 Installation procedure
    • 4.5.2 Common installation configurations
    • 4.5.3 Installation of components
      • 4.5.3.1 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Console
      • 4.5.3.2 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 4 License Server
      • 4.5.3.3 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 4 OS Deploy Server
      • 4.5.3.4 Installation of Acronis PXE Server
      • 4.5.3.5 Installation of Acronis Wake-on-LAN Proxy
      • 4.5.3.6 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Agent
      • 4.5.3.7 Installation of Acronis Universal Deploy
  • 4.6 Other ways of installation
    • 4.6.1 Installing components remotely
      • 4.6.1.1 Preparation
      • 4.6.1.2 Installation procedure
    • 4.6.2 Extracting the components of Acronis Snap Deploy 4
  • 4.7 Upgrading Acronis Snap Deploy 4
    • 4.7.1 Upgrading from a previous product version
    • 4.7.2 Upgrading from the trial to full product version
  • 4.8 Uninstalling Acronis Snap Deploy 4
• 5 Using Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Console
  • 5.1 Connecting to a machine
    • 5.1.1 Connect to a local machine
    • 5.1.2 Connect to another machine
  • 5.2 Browsing logs
  • 5.3 Checking for software updates
• 6 Using Acronis Snap Deploy 4 License Server
  • 6.1 Understanding Acronis Snap Deploy 4 License Server
  • 6.2 Adding licenses by using Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Console
  • 6.3 Viewing information about licenses
  • 6.4 Removing licenses
  • 6.5 Adding licenses in the command-line mode
  • 6.6 Using Acronis Snap Deploy 4 License Server Management Tool
• 7 Deployment tools
  • 7.1 Bootable components
  • 7.2 Creating a bootable media
    • 7.2.1 Creating an Acronis bootable media
    • 7.2.2 Creating a WinPE-based bootable media
      • 7.2.2.1 Components included in the bootable media
      • 7.2.2.2 Acronis Snap Deploy 4 PE Builder
      • 7.2.2.3 Creating a bootable media based on WinPE 2.x, 3.0 or 4.0
      • 7.2.2.4 Uploading a PE image to Acronis PXE Server
  • 7.3 Configuring Acronis PXE Server
• 8 Creating a master image
  • 8.1 Preparation of the master operating system
  • 8.2 Online vs. offline imaging
  • 8.3 Performing online imaging
  • 8.4 Performing offline imaging
  • 8.5 Steps of the Master Image Creator wizard
    • 8.5.1 Disks or volumes to image
    • 8.5.2 Image name and location
    • 8.5.3 Options of imaging
    • 8.5.4 Comments and summary
• 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
    • 10.3.1 Creating a deployment template
      • 10.3.1.1 Master image selection
      • 10.3.1.2 Disk and volume selection
      • 10.3.1.3 Deployment settings
        • Target disk layout
        • Disk space utilization
        • Settings preference
        • Machine name and membership
        • TCP/IP properties
        • User accounts
        • Security identifiers
        • Action after deployment
        • Files to transfer
        • Applications to run
        • Network utilization
        • Licensing
      • 10.3.1.4 Using Acronis Universal Deploy
      • 10.3.1.5 Summary window
    • 10.3.2 Configuring default deployment settings
    • 10.3.3 Managing deployment templates
  • 10.4 Deployment through a deployment task
    • 10.4.1 Prerequisites
    • 10.4.2 Deployment to specific machines
      • 10.4.2.1 Preparation steps
        • Getting MAC addresses
        • Enabling Wake-on-LAN on target machines
        • Installing and configuring the PXE server
        • Setting up a machine to boot from PXE
      • 10.4.2.2 Creating the deployment task
      • 10.4.2.3 Deployment in another subnet
    • 10.4.3 Deployment to any ready machines
    • 10.4.4 Booting the target machines
    • 10.4.5 Operations with deployment tasks
    • 10.4.6 Deployment behind an NAT device
  • 10.5 Stand-alone deployment
  • 10.6 User-initiated deployment (custom deployment)
    • 10.6.1 Understanding user-initiated deployment
    • 10.6.2 Considerations when using a PXE server
    • 10.6.3 Setting up the user-initiated deployment mode
    • 10.6.4 Changing parameters of the user-initiated deployment mode
    • 10.6.5 Switching off the user-initiated deployment mode
  • 10.7 BIOS-based systems to UEFI-based and vice versa
    • 10.7.1 Deploying volumes
    • 10.7.2 Deploying disks
  • 10.8 Bootability troubleshooting
    • 10.8.1 How to reactivate GRUB and change its configuration
    • 10.8.2 How to reactivate LILO
    • 10.8.3 About Windows loaders
• 11 Managing the list of machines (the Machines view)
  • 11.1 Adding machines
  • 11.2 Groups of machines
  • 11.3 Actions on machines
  • 11.4 States and results for machines
• 12 Individual deployment settings
  • 12.1 Enabling, disabling, and resetting individual settings
  • 12.2 List of individual settings
• 13 Managing deployment tasks (the Deployment tasks view)
  • 13.1 List of deployment tasks
  • 13.2 Actions on deployment tasks
  • 13.3 States and results for deployment tasks
• 14 Command-line mode and scripting under WinPE
  • 14.1 Command-line syntax
    • 14.1.1 Supported commands
    • 14.1.2 Common parameters (parameters common for most commands)
    • 14.1.3 Specific parameters (parameters specific for individual commands)
    • 14.1.4 Usage examples
  • 14.2 Sample scenarios
    • 14.2.1 Deploying images assigned to target machines
    • 14.2.2 Creating images assigned to target machines
• 15 Collecting system information