Acronis Snap Deploy 5 - User Guide - Manual (Page 21)

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Administrator The person who has rights to manage the Acronis Snap Deploy 5 infrastructure.
User-initiated
deployment mode The mode when deployment can be initiated on the side of the target machine.
User The person on the side of the target machine who starts the user-initiated deployment.
This term relates to the user-initiated deployment mode only.
2.2 Components
Acronis Snap Deploy 5 includes the following components:
Components for Windows
These are components that are installed on machines running Windows and provide Acronis Snap
Deploy 5 infrastructure.
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Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Management Console is an administrative tool for remote access to
Acronis servers and Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Management Agent.
When disconnected from the Acronis components, the console allows only for the installation of
product components on remote machines and for the creation of bootable media.
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Acronis Snap Deploy 5 OS Deploy Server (the deployment server) is a component that performs
centralized hardware-independent deployment through the network with the help of Acronis
Snap Deploy 5 Agents.
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Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Management Agent takes an image of a machine running Windows or
enables Acronis Snap Deploy 5 OS Deploy Server to start deployment on the machine while it is
online.
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Acronis PXE Server allows booting machines over the network into Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Agent,
Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Master Image Creator, or Windows Preinstallation Environment. The
machines must support PXE. Using Acronis PXE Server considerably reduces the time required for
booting multiple machines as compared to using bootable media. It also eliminates the need to
have a technician onsite to install the bootable media into the system that must be booted.
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Acronis Wake-on-LAN Proxy is a component that enables Acronis Snap Deploy 5 OS Deploy
Server to wake up the target machines located in another subnet.
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Acronis Snap Deploy 5 License Server is a component that tracks licenses of Acronis products.
Bootable components
These are components that are available in the Acronis environment or Windows Preinstallation
Environment. A machine must boot into the corresponding component when you need to perform
imaging or deployment.
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Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Agent is a bootable component that performs deployment to a target
machine under the control of Acronis Snap Deploy 5 OS Deploy Server.
There are two ways to load Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Agent on target machines: locally from
bootable media or remotely by using Acronis PXE Server.
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Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Master Image Creator is a bootable, locally controlled component that
creates an image of the master system.
There are two ways to load Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Master Image Creator on a master machine:
directly from bootable media or remotely by using Acronis PXE Server.