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Table of contents
1
Introducing Acronis Snap Deploy 5 ...................................................................................7
1.1
Overview .................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1.1
What is Acronis Snap Deploy 5....................................................................................................................... 7
1.1.2
Who needs Acronis Snap Deploy 5 ................................................................................................................ 7
1.1.3
Acronis Snap Deploy 5 infrastructure ............................................................................................................ 7
1.2
What's new in Update 1 ............................................................................................................ 7
1.3
What's new in Acronis Snap Deploy 5 ....................................................................................... 8
1.4
What you can do with Acronis Snap Deploy 5 ........................................................................... 8
1.4.1
Taking an image of the master system .......................................................................................................... 8
1.4.2
Deployment to specific machines (immediate, manual, and scheduled deployment) ............................. 8
1.4.3
Deployment to any ready machines (event-driven deployment) ............................................................... 9
1.4.4
Stand-alone deployment ................................................................................................................................ 9
1.4.5
Deployment with individual deployment settings...................................................................................... 10
1.4.6
User-initiated deployment (custom deployment) ...................................................................................... 10
1.4.7
Deployment of a disk volume and MBR ...................................................................................................... 11
1.4.8
Command-line mode and scripting under WinPE ...................................................................................... 11
1.5
Features of Acronis Snap Deploy 5 ..........................................................................................12
1.5.1
List of machines ............................................................................................................................................. 12
1.5.2
List of deployment tasks ............................................................................................................................... 12
1.5.3
Per-deployment licensing ............................................................................................................................. 12
1.5.4
Support for the VHD format ......................................................................................................................... 13
1.5.5
Graphical user interface in WinPE ............................................................................................................... 13
1.5.6
E-mail notifications about deployment ....................................................................................................... 13
1.5.7
Compatibility with images created by other Acronis products ................................................................. 13
1.5.8
Support for multiple network adapters ....................................................................................................... 14
1.5.9
Multicast TTL and network bandwidth throttling ....................................................................................... 14
1.5.10 Encrypted communication ........................................................................................................................... 14 1.5.11 Password protection ..................................................................................................................................... 14 1.5.12 Online deployment ....................................................................................................................................... 14
1.6
Supported operating systems for imaging and deployment ...................................................15
1.7
Licensing policy ........................................................................................................................17
1.7.1
Machine licenses and deployment licenses ................................................................................................ 17
1.7.2
Server licenses and workstation licenses .................................................................................................... 17
1.7.3
Trial version of Acronis Snap Deploy 5 ........................................................................................................ 17
1.8
Upgrading to Acronis Snap Deploy 5 .......................................................................................18
1.8.1
Upgrading licenses ........................................................................................................................................ 18
1.8.2
Upgrading components ................................................................................................................................ 18
1.9
Technical Support ....................................................................................................................19
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Understanding Acronis Snap Deploy 5 ............................................................................ 20
2.1
Terminology .............................................................................................................................20
2.2
Components .............................................................................................................................21
2.3
Support for file systems and storage media ............................................................................22
2.3.1
Supported file systems .................................................................................................................................. 22
2.3.2
Supported media ........................................................................................................................................... 22
2.4
Supported types of disks and firmware interfaces ..................................................................23
2.5
Usage .......................................................................................................................................23
