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

5 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2014
7.3 Configuring Acronis PXE Server ...............................................................................................71
8 Creating a master image ................................................................................................ 73
8.1 Preparation of the master operating system ..........................................................................73
8.2 Online vs. offline imaging ........................................................................................................73
8.3 Performing online imaging ......................................................................................................74
8.4 Performing offline imaging ......................................................................................................74
8.5 Steps of the Master Image Creator wizard ..............................................................................76
8.5.1 Disks or volumes to image ............................................................................................................................ 76
8.5.2 Image name and location ............................................................................................................................. 77
8.5.3 Options of imaging ........................................................................................................................................ 78
8.5.4 Comments and summary ............................................................................................................................. 81
9 Validating a master image .............................................................................................. 83
10 Deploying a master image ........................................................................................ 84
10.1 Files supported as master images ...........................................................................................84
10.2 Licenses for deployment ..........................................................................................................84
10.3 Deployment templates ............................................................................................................85
10.3.1 Creating a deployment template ................................................................................................................. 85
10.3.2 Configuring default deployment settings .................................................................................................. 102
10.3.3 Managing deployment templates.............................................................................................................. 103
10.4 Deployment through a deployment task ...............................................................................103
10.4.1 Prerequisites ................................................................................................................................................ 104
10.4.2 Deployment to specific machines .............................................................................................................. 104
10.4.3 Deployment to any ready machines .......................................................................................................... 110
10.4.4 Booting the target machines ...................................................................................................................... 112
10.4.5 Configuring online deployment ................................................................................................................. 115
10.4.6 Operations with deployment tasks ............................................................................................................ 115
10.4.7 Deployment behind an NAT device ........................................................................................................... 116
10.5 Stand-alone deployment .......................................................................................................116
10.6 User-initiated deployment (custom deployment) .................................................................118
10.6.1 Understanding user-initiated deployment ................................................................................................ 118
10.6.2 Considerations when using a PXE server ................................................................................................... 119
10.6.3 Setting up the user-initiated deployment mode ...................................................................................... 120
10.6.4 Changing parameters of the user-initiated deployment mode ............................................................... 123
10.6.5 Switching off the user-initiated deployment mode.................................................................................. 123
10.7 Deploying BIOS-based systems to UEFI-based and vice versa ..............................................124
10.7.1 Deploying volumes ...................................................................................................................................... 124
10.7.2 Deploying disks ............................................................................................................................................ 126
11 Managing the list of machines (the Machines view) ................................................ 128
11.1 Adding machines ....................................................................................................................128
11.2 Groups of machines ...............................................................................................................129
11.3 Actions on machines ..............................................................................................................129
11.4 States and results for machines .............................................................................................130
12 Individual deployment settings............................................................................... 131
12.1 Enabling, disabling, and resetting individual settings ............................................................131
12.2 List of individual settings .......................................................................................................131