Acronis Snap Deploy 5 - User Guide - Manual (Page 119)

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In software testing labs, the choices can be various operating systems, various editions of the same
operating system, or the same operating system with various settings or applications. In a university
or school lab, the choices can be various exercises that students have to explore, or the initial system
image for the purpose of self-restore.
The custom boot menu. A user can start deployment with any of the two templates or boot into
Windows.
Tip: To find a template in the custom boot menu, press a letter key which corresponds to the first letter of the
template name. The cursor will jump on the first template whose name starts with the pressed letter.
Important: If the user-initiated deployment uses a PXE server, machines that are deployed through deployment
tasks (p. 103) will not be able to boot from that PXE server. However, deployments to such machines will be
possible if they boot from a bootable media.
The user-initiated deployment mode is primarily intended for continual work without the
administrator’s assistance. Only users (the ones on the target side) will be able to initiate deployment.
However, the administrator can view logs, create new deployment templates, change the
user-initiated deployment configuration (add, edit or remove boot menu items) and perform other
management operations except initiating the custom deployment.
10.6.2 Considerations when using a PXE server
When enabling or configuring the user-initiated deployment mode with Acronis PXE Server, the
software first removes all bootable components (Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Agent, Acronis Snap Deploy
5 Master Image Creator, and the PE image) from the PXE server, because users might be confused by
the unknown items appearing in the boot menu. Then, the software uploads to the PXE server the
templates selected by the administrator. So you will have to upload the bootable utilities again, if
they are needed after switching off the user-initiated deployment mode.