Table of Contents
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Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2007
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1.
GENERAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................ 6
1.1.
K
EY FEATURES
....................................................................................................................................... 6
1.2.
N
EW IN
A
CRONIS
S
NAP
D
EPLOY
2.0 ....................................................................................................... 7
1.3.
A
CRONIS
S
NAP
D
EPLOY ARCHITECTURE
................................................................................................. 7
1.4.
A
CRONIS
S
NAP
D
EPLOY QUICK START
.................................................................................................... 8
1.5.
S
OFTWARE USAGE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
........................................................................................... 9
CHAPTER 2.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION ............................................................................... 10
2.1
S
YSTEM REQUIREMENTS
....................................................................................................................... 10
2.2
S
UPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS
......................................................................................................... 10
2.3
S
UPPORTED FILE SYSTEMS AND MEDIA
................................................................................................. 11
2.4
U
SED
P
ORTS AND
IP
ADDRESSES
.......................................................................................................... 11
2.5
L
ICENSE POLICY
.................................................................................................................................... 12
2.6
A
CRONIS
S
NAP
D
EPLOY COMPONENTS INSTALLATION
......................................................................... 12
Acronis Universal Deploy installation ......................................................................................................... 14
2.7
A
CRONIS
S
NAP
D
EPLOY COMPONENTS EXTRACTION
............................................................................ 14
2.8
U
SING
A
CRONIS
S
NAP
D
EPLOY TRIAL VERSION
.................................................................................... 15
2.9
R
UNNING
A
CRONIS
S
NAP
D
EPLOY
........................................................................................................ 15
2.10
C
OMPONENTS MODIFICATION
............................................................................................................... 15
2.11
R
EPAIRING COMPONENTS
...................................................................................................................... 16
2.12
R
EMOVING COMPONENTS
..................................................................................................................... 16
2.13
T
ECHNICAL SUPPORT
............................................................................................................................ 16
CHAPTER 3.
USING THE ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY MANAGEMENT CONSOLE....................... 17
3.1
K
EY FEATURES
..................................................................................................................................... 17
3.2
C
ONNECTING TO A REMOTE COMPUTER
................................................................................................ 18
3.3
I
NSTALLING
A
CRONIS COMPONENTS ON A REMOTE
PC......................................................................... 19
3.4
B
ROWSING LOGS
................................................................................................................................... 20
CHAPTER 4.
USING ACRONIS LICENSE SERVER............................................................................. 22
4.1
O
VERVIEW
............................................................................................................................................ 22
4.2
I
NSTALLATION AND RUNNING
............................................................................................................... 22
4.2.1
Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................... 22
4.2.2
Typical, Custom and Complete Acronis License Server installation ............................................... 22
4.3
A
DDING LICENSES TO
A
CRONIS
L
ICENSE
S
ERVER
................................................................................. 23
4.4
V
IEWING INFORMATION ABOUT LICENSES
............................................................................................ 24
4.5
R
EMOVING LICENSES
............................................................................................................................ 25
4.6
U
SING THE
A
CRONIS
L
ICENSE
S
ERVER
M
ANAGEMENT
T
OOL
............................................................... 25
CHAPTER 5.
PRE-DEPLOYMENT OPERATIONS ............................................................................... 27
5.1
C
REATING BOOTABLE MEDIA
................................................................................................................ 27
5.2
T
HE MASTER
OS
PREPARATION
............................................................................................................ 29
5.3
C
REATING MASTER IMAGE
.................................................................................................................... 30
5.3.1
Local vs. remote operation .............................................................................................................. 30
5.3.2
Running Acronis Master Image Creator on a local computer......................................................... 30
5.3.3
Running Acronis Master Image Creator on a remote computer...................................................... 32
5.3.4
Selecting disks ................................................................................................................................. 33
5.3.5
Selecting image location.................................................................................................................. 34
5.3.6
Setting options ................................................................................................................................. 35
5.3.7
Providing comments ........................................................................................................................ 38
5.3.8
Image creation summary ................................................................................................................. 38
5.4
C
HECKING MASTER IMAGE
.................................................................................................................... 39
5.5
C
ONFIGURING
A
CRONIS
PXE
S
ERVER
.................................................................................................. 40
CHAPTER 6.
DEPLOYMENT.................................................................................................................... 42
