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Acronis Snap Deploy 4 User Guide

10 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Scenario 2 You want to perform deployment to a big number of machines. For one of those machin

100 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 The preset is: Extend or reduce the volumes being deployed, according to the available space

101 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 A machine becomes ready for deployment after it boots to Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Agent from a b

102 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 MAC addresses for bare metal are usually supplied by the hardware manufacturer. You can get t

103 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012  Set Start operating system as the default boot menu option.  Set up a reasonable time-ou

104 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 The following picture illustrates deployment to specific machines within a single subnet. If

105 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 10. Specify when to run the task (set up the deployment schedule):  Now: The task will run

106 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 12. Review the task summary, and then click Create to create and save the task. The task appe

107 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 10.4.3 Deployment to any ready machines Deployment to any ready machines starts when a speci

108 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 If you specify a time-out, the deployment will start either when any 70 machines connect, or

109 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012  To perform deployment to the specific machines (p. 101) that do not support the Wake-on-LA

11 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 1.2.8 Command-line mode and scripting under WinPE Acronis Snap Deploy 4 provides a command-li

110 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 To load the agent with the default configuration (recommended in most cases), click Cancel o

111 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 When Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Agent starts and the target machine is ready for deployment, the t

112 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 10.4.5 Operations with deployment tasks Once a deployment task is created, it appears in the

113 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012  If Acronis Wake-on-LAN Proxy is installed in that subnet, forward the TCP and UDP ports 98

114 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 3. Configure the master system. 4. Boot the master system into Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Master

115 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Users who need to redeploy their machines boot the machines from the bootable media or the PX

116 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Important: If the user-initiated deployment uses a PXE server, machines that are deployed thr

117 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 3. Create the deployment templates (p. 81) according to your organization’s needs. Assign to

118 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 6. Review the operation summary and then click Switch on to proceed. The software creates t

119 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 The user who requested deployment sees the following screen while the deployment is in progre

12 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 1.3.3 New: List of machines Acronis Snap Deploy 4 provides the Machines view (p. 127). This v

120 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 10.7 BIOS-based systems to UEFI-based and vice versa Acronis Snap Deploy 4 starting from Upd

121 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Disk: MBR Disk: GPT Disk: MBR Disk: GPT BIOS OS: convertible + - Solution Recover the

122 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012  When a source disk contains one or more operating systems and all of them are convertible,

123 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 the disk space will be available for use. Additional steps Turn off the UEFI mode in BIOS a

124 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Specifically, when you deploy Linux volumes, it is sometimes necessary to apply fixes or make

125 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 10.8.1 How to reactivate GRUB and change its configuration Generally, you should refer to th

126 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 umount /mnt/system/dev/ umount /mnt/system/proc/ umount /mnt/system/boot/ umount /mnt/system/

127 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 11 Managing the list of machines (the Machines view) The Machines view shows a list of machin

128 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Tip: Make sure that you specify the MAC address correctly. Any set of six hexadecimal numbers

129 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012  Set label: Sets the label that is shown in the Machine column. For example, you can use

13 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Scenario You saved the disks of one of your machines to a VHD file by using the Windows Backup

130 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 12 Individual deployment settings By using individual settings for a machine, you can overrid

131 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 If you choose to use a specific (static) IP address, specify that address in IP address. Beca

132 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 13 Managing deployment tasks (the Deployment tasks view) The Deployment tasks view contains t

133 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012  Create: Starts the Create Deployment Task Wizard (p. 100).  Run: Starts the selected tas

134 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 14 Command-line mode and scripting under WinPE Having booted a machine in Windows Preinstalla

135 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 deploy Deploys disks and volumes, including the master boot record (MBR), from an image /file

136 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 14.1.2 Common parameters (parameters common for most commands) Parameter Description Image

137 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 General options /oss_numbers If this parameter is specified, the numbers of the volumes in th

138 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 /partition:<disk number>-<volume number> Specifies the volumes to include into th

139 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 /restore_bootable:<auto|on|off> Sets the rule of deployment for the master boot record

14 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 If the machine has more than one network adapter, Acronis Snap Deploy 4 ensures that only one

140 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 /patching_sid Generates a unique security identifier (SID) for the target machine. Without th

141 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 /ud_driver:<inf-file name> Specifies using Acronis Universal Deploy, and the mass-stora

142 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 /email_encryption:<no|ssl|tls> Specifies the type of encryption that is used by the SMT

143 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Sample script setlocal SET IMG_PATH=\\image_server\images SET TMP_DRV_LETTER=h: net use %TMP_

144 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 The images can be deployed to the corresponding target machines (p. 142). Sample script setlo

145 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 15 Collecting system information The Acronis System Report tool collects information about a

15 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 1.4 Supported operating systems for imaging and deployment Acronis Snap Deploy 4 provides ful

16 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 (No Service Pack or Service Pack 1) Windows Vista Home Basic (x86, x64) (No Service Pack, Serv

17 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012  A machine license enables an unlimited number of deployments to a particular machine. You

18 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 A trial license enables you an unlimited number of deployments on up to five machines for 15 d

19 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 If components are installed on different machines, upgrade the license server first, by runnin

2 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Copyright Statement Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012. All rights reserved. “Ac

20 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 2 Understanding Acronis Snap Deploy 4 This section describes the components of the Acronis Sn

21 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Administrator The person who has rights to manage the Acronis Snap Deploy 4 infrastructure.

22 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012  Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Master Image Creator is a bootable, locally controlled component tha

23 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 A sizeable image can be split between multiple media automatically. Acronis Snap Deploy 4 OS D

24 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 2.5.1 Offline imaging Offline imaging means that the master system is stopped and the master

25 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 To perform online imaging 1. Configure the master system. 2. Install Acronis Snap Deploy 4 M

26 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 You must have a DHCP server or configure the network settings of the target machines manually

27 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Using Microsoft System Preparation Tool (Sysprep) does not solve this problem, because Sysprep

28 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 How to image a machine without restarting it? Perform online imaging (p. 69). How to prepare d

29 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 3 Getting started with Acronis Snap Deploy 4 This section describes how to install Acronis Sn

3 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Table of contents 1 Introducing Acronis Snap Deploy 4 ...

30 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 5. Click Add license, and then specify the license keys. You can type the license keys manual

31 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 1. On the Tools menu, click Create bootable media. 2. In the list of components, select Acro

32 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 1. Make sure that the CD or DVD drive has a higher boot priority than the hard disk drive. Yo

33 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 6. Select the volumes that you want to include in the master image. You can leave the default

34 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 1. Make sure that the CD or DVD drive has a higher boot priority than the hard disk drive. Yo

35 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Deploying the master image On the machine where you installed Acronis Snap Deploy 4, do the fo

36 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Note. If you imaged a machine running a workstation operating system (such as Windows 7) but y

37 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 10. When asked about when to run the deployment, select Now and type the user name and passwo

38 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Viewing the deployment progress on the machine with Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Viewing the deploym

39 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 4 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 4 4.1 Supported operating systems This section lists t

4 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 2.5 Usage ...

40 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Complete installation 485 MB 271 MB Management Console 386 MB 193 MB CD-R/RW, DVD-R/R

41 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 4.4 Typical installation With typical installation, all components of Acronis Snap Deploy 4 t

42 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012  Installing different components on different machines, such as installing Acronis Snap Depl

43 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012  Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Console b) The minimal configuration that enables offline

44 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012  You are going to perform deployment to a specific list of machines. AND  All or some of t

45 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 4.5.3.1 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Console Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Manage

46 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Installation of the deployment server does not decrease the number of licenses. The software j

47 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 management agent installed on the master machine. The management agent will be included in the

48 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012  Ports. Acronis Snap Deploy 4 uses TCP ports 445 and 25001 for remote installation. Make sur

49 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 remotely (p. 47) by using the management console; or install, modify, or repair a component by

5 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 7.2 Creating a bootable media ...

50 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 2. Uninstall all components of the older version. 3. Install Acronis Snap Deploy 4. For exam

51 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 5 Using Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Console 5.1 Connecting to a machine 5.1.1 Connect

52 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012  Acronis PXE Server  Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Agent Once connected, you can manage

53 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012  Installing Acronis components remotely (p. 47) 5.2 Browsing logs Acronis Snap Deploy 4 OS

54 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 6 Using Acronis Snap Deploy 4 License Server This section contains general information necess

55 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 3. Click Add License. 4. In the Add Licenses window, type the license key or the path to a .

56 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 This will display all license keys available on Acronis Snap Deploy 4 License Server. One lice

57 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 In this command:  <server name> is the name of the machine where Acronis Snap Deploy 4

58 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Shows usage information.

59 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 7 Deployment tools Before deployment, each target machine must boot into a dedicated bootable

6 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 11.2 Groups of machines ...

60 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 7.2.1 Creating an Acronis bootable media Acronis bootable media is a physical media (CD, DVD,

61 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012  One of the components on the media: The component will start after the time-out.  No auto

62 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 If not configured in either way, the deployment server will be found automatically. The agent

63 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 selecting a bootable component. No password is required to start the operating system on the m

64 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012  Sending e-mail notifications about deployment Note: PE-based bootable media cannot be start

65 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 3. Attach the flash key or insert the DVD in the media drive of a machine running Windows. 4.

66 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 9. Check your settings in the summary screen, and then click Create. 10. If you have chosen t

67 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012  Enable PXE Server: Enable the previously disabled PXE server. Two bootable components of A

68 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 8 Creating a master image To be able to deploy a system, you need to create the desired syste

69 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012  In Windows, by using Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Management Agent installed on the master machine

7 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 1 Introducing Acronis Snap Deploy 4 1.1 Overview 1.1.1 What is Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Acronis

70 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 4. Depending on your choice in step 2, boot the master machine into Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Mas

71 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 The manual configuration is needed if automatic configuration is not possible (no DHCP server

72 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 7. When Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Master Image Creator starts, it displays the Master Image Creat

73 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Also, machines with UEFI architecture have a special ESP partition (EFI System partition). If

74 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 A sizeable image can be split between multiple media automatically. Select the image location

75 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Compression Defines the compression level for the image. The preset is: Normal A higher compre

76 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 The priority of any process running in the operating system determines the amount of CPU usage

77 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Alternatively, you can click Always, into the files of fixed size and type the desired file s

78 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 The imaging operation starts and its progress is displayed. Acronis Snap Deploy 4 is taking t

79 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 9 Validating a master image You can ensure that the master image is not damaged by validating

8 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 1.2.1 Taking an image of the master system First, you create the desired system configuration

80 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 10 Deploying a master image This section describes how to deploy a master image to one or more

81 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 If the VHD file is split into two or more parts, make sure that all these parts are in the sam

82 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 10.3.1.1 Master image selection In this step, specify the following:  The master image  T

83 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 The image created on removable media has to fit into one media disc. To deploy an image sprea

84 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 10.3.1.2 Disk and volume selection If the image contains more than one disk, specify the disk

85 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 If the disk you selected contains more than one volume, specify the volumes that you want to d

86 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Most settings are related to configuring the operating system of the target machine. Such set

87 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 be available for the volume you are deploying. Otherwise, only the space that was occupied by

88 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012  Resize volumes to fit target disk: The software will proportionally extend or reduce each o

89 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 The preset is: The same name and membership as those of the machine in the master image By de

9 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 1.2.3 Deployment to any ready machines (event-driven deployment) You can set up deployment to

90 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 {start,count} Generates count consecutive numbers starting with start. For example, the patter

91 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012  Set up the target machines to obtain IP addresses automatically from a DHCP server.  Spec

92 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 1. Click Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Local Security Policy. 2.

93 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Files to transfer This setting determines the list of files, such as installation files, to be

94 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Using the Unicast transfer mode, the server sends a copy of the data to each recipient. This

95 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 configured. The specific information on configuring any particular router or network switch is

96 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 a machine). Based on the operating system you are deploying, a workstation license or a server

97 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 other mass-storage device than in the imaged system. For detailed information, see “What is Ac

98 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 Specify a driver storage to search for HAL and storage device drivers during the automatic sea

99 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2012 10.3.1.5 Summary window Check your settings in the summary window, and then click Save. The