Table of Contents
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Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................................................................... 4
CHAPTER 1.
GENERAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................ 6
1.1.
K
EY FEATURES
....................................................................................................................................... 6
1.2.
A
CRONIS
S
NAP
D
EPLOY ARCHITECTURE
................................................................................................. 7
1.3.
H
OW
A
CRONIS
S
NAP
D
EPLOY WORKS
.................................................................................................... 7
1.4.
S
OFTWARE USAGE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
........................................................................................... 8
CHAPTER 2.
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION ................................................................................. 9
2.1
S
YSTEM REQUIREMENTS
......................................................................................................................... 9
2.2
S
UPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS
........................................................................................................... 9
2.3
S
UPPORTED FILE SYSTEMS AND MEDIA
................................................................................................... 9
2.4
U
SED
P
ORTS AND
IP
ADDRESSES
.......................................................................................................... 10
2.5
L
ICENSE POLICY
.................................................................................................................................... 10
2.6
A
CRONIS
S
NAP
D
EPLOY COMPONENTS INSTALLATION
......................................................................... 10
2.7
A
CRONIS
S
NAP
D
EPLOY COMPONENTS EXTRACTION
............................................................................ 12
2.8
U
SING
A
CRONIS
L
ICENSE
S
ERVER MANAGEMENT TOOL
....................................................................... 12
2.9
U
SING
A
CRONIS
S
NAP
D
EPLOY TRIAL VERSION
.................................................................................... 13
2.10
R
UNNING
A
CRONIS
S
NAP
D
EPLOY
........................................................................................................ 13
2.11
C
OMPONENTS MODIFICATION
............................................................................................................... 14
2.12
R
EPAIRING COMPONENTS
...................................................................................................................... 15
2.13
R
EMOVING COMPONENTS
..................................................................................................................... 15
2.14
T
ECHNICAL SUPPORT
............................................................................................................................ 16
CHAPTER 3.
USING 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.
PRE-DEPLOYMENT OPERATIONS ............................................................................... 22
4.1.
C
REATING MASTER IMAGE
.................................................................................................................... 22
4.1.1.
OS preparation for disk duplication process............................................................................... 22
4.1.2.
Running Acronis Master Image Creator ..................................................................................... 23
4.1.3.
Selecting disks ............................................................................................................................. 24
4.1.4.
Selecting image location ............................................................................................................. 25
4.1.5.
Selecting image file size .............................................................................................................. 26
4.1.6.
Selecting data compression level ................................................................................................ 27
4.1.7.
Providing comments.................................................................................................................... 28
4.1.8.
Image creation script .................................................................................................................. 29
4.2.
C
HECKING MASTER IMAGES
.................................................................................................................. 30
4.3.
C
REATING BOOTABLE MEDIA WITH
A
CRONIS
S
NAP
D
EPLOY
A
GENT
.................................................... 31
4.4.
B
OOTABLE DISKS CREATION
................................................................................................................. 32
4.5.
I
NITIAL SETUP AND BOOTUP
.................................................................................................................. 33
4.6.
C
ONFIGURING
A
CRONIS
PXE
S
ERVER
.................................................................................................. 34
CHAPTER 5.
DEPLOYMENT.................................................................................................................... 36
5.1
M
ANAGING DEPLOYMENT
..................................................................................................................... 36
5.1.1
Selecting target computers .............................................................................................................. 36
5.1.2
Selecting template mode .................................................................................................................. 37
5.1.3
Selecting a master image to deploy ................................................................................................. 39
5.1.4
Adding user information .................................................................................................................. 39
5.1.5
Computer name ............................................................................................................................... 40
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