Acronis Snap Deploy 5 - User Guide - Manual (Page 12)

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1.5 Features of Acronis Snap Deploy 5
1.5.1 List of machines
Acronis Snap Deploy 5 provides the Machines view (p. 128). This view contains a list of all machines
that you added for deployment or that have ever been deployed.
In this view, you can:
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View and edit the list of machines.
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Check which machines are ready for deployment.
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Examine the current state of the deployment operation, and the result of the last deployment.
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Add machines for subsequent deployment by specifying the machines’ MAC addresses.
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Specify individual deployment settings (p. 10).
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Set up deployment for one or more machines.
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Organize machines into groups.
1.5.2 List of deployment tasks
Centralized deployment is performed by a deployment task. Acronis Snap Deploy 5 provides a list of
deployment tasks in the Deployment tasks (p. 133) view.
In this view, you can:
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View and edit the list of tasks, including scheduled tasks and tasks that perform deployment
when a specified number of machines are ready.
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Edit tasks; for example, to change the list of machines to perform deployment to.
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Start any task manually; for example, to perform deployment outside the normal schedule.
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Examine the current state of the task and the result of the last run of the task.
1.5.3 Per-deployment licensing
In addition to per-machine licensing, Acronis Snap Deploy 5 supports per-deployment licensing.
A deployment license enables you a single successful deployment to a particular machine. A machine
license enables you an unlimited number of deployments to a particular machine.
For more details, see “Licensing policy” (p. 17).
Scenario
You provision machines to end users by deploying the operating system with the necessary software
to a machine and then shipping the machine to the end user. Because you are planning to perform
deployment to each machine only once, you want a cheaper license for the machine.
You buy a number of deployment licenses based on the number of machines that you want to
provision. A deployment license becomes used only if the deployment to the corresponding machine
has been successful.