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Figure 13. Image data compression level selection

The optimal data compression level depends on disk file types and can only be
understood empirically.
Usually, it is recommended that you leave the switch in the Normal position.
If you need to burn an image to removable media, you can select Maximum
compression.

4.1.7. Providing

comments

On the wizard page Image Archive Comments, you

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ll be able to provide an

archive file with comments that might include information on the server and
its user, the hard disk, partition data, image creation time and any
peculiarities and conditions.

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Summary of Contents for SNAP DEPLOY -

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Page 2: ...without the explicit permission of the copyright holder Distribution of this work or derivative work in any standard paper book form for commercial purposes is prohibited unless prior permission is o...

Page 3: ...s to or copies of any kind of the software except as specifically permitted above Attempting to un assemble de compile or reverse engineer the software in any way Granting sublicenses leases or other...

Page 4: ...CHNICAL SUPPORT 16 CHAPTER 3 USING ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY MANAGEMENT CONSOLE 17 3 1 KEY FEATURES 17 3 2 CONNECTING TO A REMOTE COMPUTER 18 3 3 INSTALLING ACRONIS COMPONENTS ON A REMOTE PC 19 3 4 BROWSING...

Page 5: ...ring files 44 5 1 10 Executing applications 44 5 1 11 Providing comments 45 5 1 12 Deployment options 46 5 1 13 Deployment Script 46 5 2 MANAGING TEMPLATES 48 CHAPTER 6 REMOTE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS 49...

Page 6: ...l for rapid bare metal installations and for disaster recovery operations on computers Save money Businesses today face increasing challenges when it comes to configuring and deploying new PCs in a di...

Page 7: ...er images on remote computers Acronis OS Deploy Server provides master image deployment on target PCs Acronis PXE Server allows you to boot target PCs remotely without using bootable media In order fo...

Page 8: ...he bare systems Once the transfer is complete the target PCs are ready to use No installation of the operating system or applications is required the image contains everything the system needs to run...

Page 9: ...ive USB hard drive Zip drive flash drive etc or PXE support DHCP Server recommended 2 2 Supported operating systems Acronis OS Deploy Server Windows NT 2000 XP Professional Windows NT 4 0 Server 2000...

Page 10: ...t address 239 255 219 45 IPv6 multicast address FF05 fAA5 741E Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console UDP port 9877 if port number is already in use a random port is obtained The Acronis PXE Server us...

Page 11: ...erver Acronis PXE Server Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent or Acronis License Server 3 Read and accept the terms of the license agreement then click Next 4 In the Specify License Server window you...

Page 12: ...serials in a text file and place it in the same folder where Acronis License Server is installed You can import these serial numbers to the license server manually one at a time or import them all at...

Page 13: ...s at once space separated import file server name filename Imports license serial keys from txt or eml file help Displays help information 2 9 Using Acronis Snap Deploy trial version If you have not a...

Page 14: ...ick Modify in the Modify Repair or Remove Installation window Figure 2 Modify repair or remove installation 4 In the Custom Setup window click on the feature Will be installed on a local hard drive se...

Page 15: ...ve Installation window 2 13 Removing components You can remove any Acronis Snap Deploy component separately To remove a component from the Control Panel 1 Run Control Panel 2 Select Add or remove prog...

Page 16: ...will receive free e mail technical support from Acronis If you have problems installing or using the system that you cannot resolve with the help of this guide please e mail technical support You will...

Page 17: ...perform the following Deploy master images to target PCs simultaneously including o Creating user accounts o Managing TCP IP settings o Managing network identification of target PCs computer name doma...

Page 18: ...ation Operators groups To create master images manage files and execute applications you need to connect a remote computer with Acronis Snap Deploy Agent installed Use View Computers to access the lis...

Page 19: ...o install Acronis components 1 Select Install Acronis components in the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console main window 2 Select the installer location from the list Registered Components Search re...

Page 20: ...der options View is disabled before the remote installation starts If the remote PC runs under Windows XP with Service Pack 2 installed make sure that the option File and Printer Sharing in the Contro...

Page 21: ...performed operations that can be flexibly adjusted to your taste You can filter messages and columns or sort operations by any column To sort messages by a column click its header click again to reve...

Page 22: ...rce computer for cloning Sysprep assigns a unique security ID SID to each destination computer the first time the computer is restarted To use Sysprep as part of the disk duplication process the follo...

Page 23: ...agent will be automatically installed on all target computers after deployment If you want to manage files and execute applications on all target computers after deployment you can use remote master...

Page 24: ...or You can o Write Acronis Master Image Creator to bootable media to boot up master computer from it For bootable media creation you will need one blank CD R or CD RW or several diskettes or any other...

Page 25: ...nis OS Deploy Server installed It minimizes network traffic during deployment You can specify an image location on almost any storage device in particular those that can write Hard disk drive Network...

Page 26: ...uld create a single file or split it into equal smaller images If you select Automatic Acronis Master Image Creator will try to decide this for every particular case If there s enough space on the sel...

Page 27: ...utomatically create an image on CD R RW or DVD R RW media or a tape Acronis Master Image Creator will ask you to insert a new disk or tape when the previous one is full You can also fix image file siz...

Page 28: ...it is recommended that you leave the switch in the Normal position If you need to burn an image to removable media you can select Maximum compression 4 1 7 Providing comments On the wizard page Image...

Page 29: ...ent or making some other mistake 4 1 8 Image creation script In the next window you will see a disk s image creation script containing a list of briefly described operations to be performed Figure 15...

Page 30: ...ress If you are to write an image to removable media be sure to number the media 4 2 Checking master images To be assured that your images are not damaged you can check their integrity To do this 1 Se...

Page 31: ...gent 1 Select Create media with Acronis Snap Deploy Agent in the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console main window 2 Click Next in the Acronis Snap Deploy Agent creation wizard welcome window 3 in th...

Page 32: ...oots up target computers for deployment preparation Removable media with Acronis Master Image Creator boots up on master computer and enables you to create image archives from it For bootable media cr...

Page 33: ...a 4 5 Initial setup and bootup The next deployment preparation step is initial setup and bootup of PCs 1 Boot mode A If you are going to boot from bootable media insert one in the appropriate drive B...

Page 34: ...on with Acronis OS Deploy Server for the deployment process Acronis Master Image Creator boots up a master PC to create a master image from it With Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console you can confi...

Page 35: ...yright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 35 Figure 22 Update PXE Server 6 In the next window you will see the server configuration script containing a list of products that will be uploaded removed Click Proceed...

Page 36: ...ble media or PXE 2 Click on Manage deployment item in the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console main window 3 Connect to the computer with Acronis OS Deploy Server installed 5 1 1 Selecting target co...

Page 37: ...ted a deployment template you can use it in the future and skip all the steps of the deployment procedure You can create a new deployment template or use the existing one You are able to manage templa...

Page 38: ...template and click Next 2 Then select a template in the Choose Template window and click Next Figure 26 Choose template window Also you can modify all settings of the existing template by checking Mo...

Page 39: ...5 1 4 Adding user information You can manage user accounts on target computers create user accounts on target computers and add them to one of the following groups Administrators Power Users and User...

Page 40: ...PCs from start number to the last PC N Computer 0 target computers will have following names Computer0 Computer1 Computer2 ComputerN start count use current wild card if you want to enumerate group of...

Page 41: ...the window enter the administrator s name and password 5 1 6 Network settings You can get Internet Protocol IP settings assigned automatically to target computers if your network supports this capabil...

Page 42: ...his guide Figure 30 Network settings Click Next to continue 5 1 7 DNS settings You can set DNS server properties on target PCs Obtain DNS server address automatically specifies that the address for th...

Page 43: ...entifier SID is a data structure of variable length that identifies user group and computer accounts Every account on a network is issued a unique SID when the account is created Internal processes in...

Page 44: ...execute transferred file after deployment 5 Specify parameters of executing in the Parameters field 6 Click OK to add file to transfer list Figure 33 Transferring files To remove file from transfer l...

Page 45: ...tton 5 1 11 Providing comments On the wizard page Template Comments you ll be able to provide the template with a comment that can include any information on the deployment procedure Figure 35 Deploym...

Page 46: ...each target machine with Multicast mode the server sends a one copy of data to a multicast address and each client will receive a data at 128KB sec speed Figure 36 Deployment options Acronis Snap Depl...

Page 47: ...Deployment Copyright Acronis Inc 2000 2006 47 You can save the template you have just created by checking Save the template Figure 37 Deployment script Click Proceed to start the deployment...

Page 48: ...h connection with OS Deploy Server to manage them All existing templates are listed in the Templates tab of the Management Console window Figure 38 Templates tab To create a new template click Create...

Page 49: ...o manage Select Manage files from the list of operations In the File browse window you will see the current partition layout You can manage files directories with toolbar buttons or by selecting the a...

Page 50: ...e remote PC and paste them to your local machine and vice versa Paste file folder from clipboard Select a file folder to paste from the clipboard and click on the Paste button Also you can copy files...

Page 51: ...rm applications execution 6 2 1 Creating scheduled task To create a scheduled task for application execution 1 Connect to the remote PC where you want to execute an application 2 Select Execute applic...

Page 52: ...the next step One time only a task will be executed once at the specified time and day selected on the next step When my computer starts a task will be executed at OS startup When I log on a task will...

Page 53: ...led to run you can execute the task later To do this check the parameter If the computer was turned off at the time when the task was scheduled to run the system will perform the task the next time it...

Page 54: ...To do this check the parameter If the computer was turned off at the time when the task was scheduled to run the system will perform the task the next time it is restarted Setting up monthly execution...

Page 55: ...u can execute the task later To do this check the parameter If the computer was turned off at the time when the task was scheduled to run the system will perform the task the next time it is restarted...

Page 56: ...this check the parameter If the computer was turned off at the time when the task was scheduled to run the system will perform the task the next time it is restarted Entering user name You will have...

Page 57: ...to the main window click Finish The task created will be named New task You can rename it if you wish 6 2 2 Managing scheduled tasks If you select a task in the Active Tasks window the following butt...

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