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  • Page 2 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2005. All rights reserved. Windows and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and copyrights referred to are the property of their respective owners. Distribution of substantively modified versions of this document is prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright holder.
  • Page 3 Making copies, or verbal or media translations, of the user’s guide. Making telecommunication data transmission of the software. Acronis has the right to terminate this license if there is a violation of its terms or default by the original purchaser. Upon termination for any reason, all...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    EPAIRING COMPONENTS 2.13 ........................15 EMOVING COMPONENTS 2.14 ..........................16 ECHNICAL SUPPORT CHAPTER 3. USING ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY MANAGEMENT CONSOLE ........ 17 ............................. 17 EY FEATURES ....................18 ONNECTING TO A REMOTE COMPUTER PC................. 19 NSTALLING CRONIS COMPONENTS ON A REMOTE ...........................
  • Page 5 ANAGING TEMPLATES CHAPTER 6. REMOTE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS ..............49 PC ....................49 ILE MANAGEMENT ON A REMOTE PC ..................51 XECUTING APPLICATIONS ON A REMOTE 6.2.1 Creating scheduled task........................51 6.2.2 Managing scheduled tasks....................... 57 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...

  • Page 6: Chapter 1. General Information

    Usually, company departments, such as accounting, sales or technical support, use a set of applications for daily work. With Acronis Snap Deploy, you can create images of commonly used applications and use them as a standard to deploy to target PCs.

  • Page 7: Acronis Snap Deploy Architecture

    Acronis Master Image Creator boots up a master computer and allows you to create a master image from it. There are two ways to load Acronis Master Image Creator on a master computer: directly from bootable media or from Acronis PXE Server.

  • Page 8: Software Usage Terms And Conditions

    1. Create a master PC configuration, including the operating system, applications and settings. 2. Create a master image and save it using Acronis Master Image Creator. 3. Create bootable media with Acronis Snap Deploy Agent or install and configure Acronis PXE Server.

  • Page 9: Chapter 2. Installation And Operation

    Windows 98/Me Operating systems for deployment: Windows NT/2000/XP Windows NT 4.0 Server/2000 Server/2000 Advanced Server/2003 Server Windows 98/Me Supported file systems and media Acronis Snap Deploy supports the following file systems: FAT16/32 NTFS Ext2/Ext3 ReiserFS Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...

  • Page 10: Used Ports And Ip Addresses

    If you are using a firewall, you might have to set the appropriate access options License policy Acronis Snap Deploy licensing is based on number of computers to manage with Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console. The number of deployments, Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console, Acronis OS Deploy Server, Acronis PXE Server, Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent installations is not counted.
  • Page 11 Installation and operation Snap Deploy Management Agent and Acronis License Server) on one PC or each component on a separate networked computer. Before installing other Acronis components, you need to install the Acronis License Server and import license serial numbers to it (see section 2.8 of this Guide).

  • Page 12: Acronis Snap Deploy Components Extraction

    Installation and operation Acronis Snap Deploy components extraction Advanced users may save the files needed for the installation of Acronis Snap Deploy components on a local or network drive for the further manual installation of the program. To do this, the following steps are necessary: 1.

  • Page 13: Using Acronis Snap Deploy Trial Version

    Displays help information Using Acronis Snap Deploy trial version If you have not acquired a software license for Acronis Snap Deploy yet, you may still try the full-featured trial version of the product, limited with 15-days period or 5 successful deployments. To use the trial version, add the following...

  • Page 14: Components Modification

    Installation and operation You can run Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console by clicking Start → All programs → Acronis → Snap Deploy → Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console. 2.11 Components modification You can modify features of the installed components. To customize component features, 1.

  • Page 15: Repairing Components

    3. Click the Remove button on the Acronis Snap Deploy component. 4. Follow the instructions on the screen. You can also remove Acronis Snap Deploy components in the Install Menu. To remove a component from the Install Menu: 1. Run AcronisSnapDeploy.exe.

  • Page 16: Technical Support

    Installation and operation 2.14 Technical support Users that have legally purchased and registered their copy of Acronis Snap Deploy 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.

  • Page 17: Chapter 3. Using Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console

    Key features Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console is the primary administrative tool for Acronis OS Deploy Server, Acronis PXE Server and remote computers. It also allows you to create and check master images on remote PCs. Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console enables you to perform the...

  • Page 18: Connecting To A Remote Computer

    To manage deployment, you need to connect to a computer with Acronis OS Deploy Server installed. To manage Acronis OS Deploy Server, you must be a member of the Administrators or Power Users groups. To configure PXE Server, you need to connect to a computer with Acronis PXE Server installed.

  • Page 19: Installing Acronis Components On A Remote Pc

    5. Specify the network name or IP address of the machine on which the Acronis component is to be installed. You can also select a PC from the list of available ones using the Browse… button. At that point, you will have to provide an administrator user name and password.

  • Page 20: Browsing Logs

    Windows Firewall → Exceptions is enabled before the remote installation starts. Browsing logs Using Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console, you can view the server’s operation results, both real-time and scheduled. So, to view operation results on the Acronis OS Deploy Server (Acronis PXE Server), you should be connected to it.
  • Page 21 The one with an exclamation mark in the yellow triangle shows/hides warnings. And the button with an "i" in the blue circle controls information messages. You can also adjust column width by dragging borders with a mouse. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...

  • Page 22: Chapter 4. Pre-Deployment Operations

    4.1 of this Guide. 2. Prepare target computers for deployment – create bootable media or configure Acronis PXE server to boot up target computers. For more information on initial setup and bootup PCs see Section 4.5 of this Guide.

  • Page 23: Running Acronis Master Image Creator

    (with bootable version of the Acronis Master Image Creator) and remote computer (with Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent installed). Acronis Snap Deploy also works with images created in Acronis True Image. Unlike a master image created on a local computer with bootable version of Acronis Master Image Creator, the image created on a remote computer automatically includes the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent.

  • Page 24: Selecting Disks

    Acronis Master Image Creator. 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 removable media (USB-drive, Flash Card, etc.).

  • Page 25: Selecting Image Location

    You can keep an image file on the remote computer, any other networked PC or on removable media. But we recommend you to keep master images on the computer with Acronis OS Deploy Server installed. It minimizes network traffic during deployment.

  • Page 26: Selecting Image File Size

    With this step, you can specify if the program should 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 selected disk, the program will create a single image file.

  • Page 27: Selecting Data Compression Level

    FAT16 and FAT32 file systems have a limit for file sizes. The FAT16 limit is 2GB, while FAT32 is 4GB. Existing hard drives have capacities of 160GB and above! Therefore, an image file might easily exceed this limit. In this case, Acronis Master Image Creator will automatically split the image into several files.

  • Page 28: Providing Comments

    On the wizard page Image Archive Comments, you’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. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...

  • Page 29: Image Creation Script

    Figure 15. Image creation script All operations of a disk image creation in an archive file are delayed in Acronis Master Image Creator. A disk image creation script is created first, and then it’s executed.

  • Page 30: Checking Master Images

    Pre-deployment operations After you click Proceed, Acronis Master Image Creator will start creating an image indicating the progress in the special window. You can stop this procedure by clicking Cancel. Figure 16. Image creation progress If you are to write an image to removable media, be sure to number the media.

  • Page 31: Creating Bootable Media With Acronis Snap Deploy Agent

    4.3. Creating bootable media with Acronis Snap Deploy Agent Using the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console, you can create bootable media with the Acronis Snap Deploy Agent and use it for target computers bootup. To create bootable media with Acronis Snap Deploy Agent: 1.

  • Page 32: Bootable Disks Creation

    Pre-deployment operations Figure 18. Media type 4.4. Bootable disks creation Using the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console, you can write Acronis products (Acronis Snap Deploy Agent and Acronis Master Image Creator) directly to removable media for remote computers bootup. Removable media with Acronis Snap Deploy Agent boots up target computers for deployment preparation.

  • Page 33: Initial Setup And Bootup

    2. If needed, set boot mode manually in BIOS setup. 3. Restart the system 4. In the Boot Menu, select: Load Acronis Master Image Creator on a source PC. That configuration will be used as a prototype for master image creation. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...

  • Page 34: Configuring Acronis Pxe Server

    Load Acronis Snap Deploy Agent on the target PCs. Figure 21. Boot menu 4.6. Configuring Acronis PXE Server Acronis PXE Server allows you to boot computers with Acronis Snap Deploy Agent and Acronis Master Image Creator, so you do not have to create bootable media.
  • Page 35 Pre-deployment operations 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 to update Acronis PXE Server. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...

  • Page 36: Chapter 5. Deployment

    To prepare for deployment 1. Boot the target PCs from bootable 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.

  • Page 37: Selecting Template Mode

    You are able to manage templates (create and save new templates, edit or delete existing ones) without launching the deployment procedure. For more information on this subject, see 5.2 of this guide. The first time you use this function, you must select Create new template. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...
  • Page 38 Also, you can modify all settings of the existing template by checking Modify existing template. 3. Acronis Snap Deploy will ask you to change computer name (and IP addresses if they were set manually) for target computers. For additional Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...

  • Page 39: Selecting A Master Image To Deploy

    3. Select the group that the user will be a member of. 4. Type a password, then confirm it and press OK. If you have selected the Users group, at the first Windows logon the user will be prompted to change the password. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...

  • Page 40: Computer Name

    Computer35, Computer36, Computer37, Computer38, Computer45, Computer46, Computer47, Computer48 start1 (2) – the first figure in a double-valued number (2…) count1 (3) – increasing quantity of first figures (2…, 3…, 4…) start2 (5)– the second figure in a double-valued number(…5) Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...

  • Page 41: Network Settings

    Start IP address -- first IP address in a range of target PCs o Last IP address -- last IP address in a range of target PCs o Subnet Mask -- subnet mask address Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...

  • Page 42: Dns Settings

    DNS server used by target computers is manually specified. You should specify: o IP address -- address of DNS server o Host name -- DNS server host name o Domain name -- DNS domain name Click Next to continue. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...

  • Page 43: Change Security Identifiers

    SID when the account is created. Internal processes in Windows refer to an account's SID rather than its user or group name. Check Change Security IDs to make SIDs on target computers unique. Figure 32. Change security identifiers Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...

  • Page 44: Transferring Files

    1. Click Add button. Select application window will appear. 2. In the Application field, click … to select application. 3. Specify executing parameters in the Parameters field. 4. Click OK to add application to list. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...

  • Page 45: Providing Comments

    Figure 35. Deployment template comments The more details that you include, the lower the risk that you’ll use the wrong deployment template or make some other mistake. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...

  • Page 46: Deployment Options

    128KB/sec speed Figure 36. Deployment options Acronis Snap Deploy uses Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) for the multicasting. Therefore, all the network hardware (routers and/or switches) must be IGMP-capable and correctly configured. The specific information on configuring any particular router or switch is usually available in the documentation, provided with this hardware.
  • Page 47 Deployment You can save the template you have just created by checking Save the template. Figure 37. Deployment script Click Proceed to start the deployment. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...

  • Page 48: Managing Templates

    (create and save new templates, edit or delete existing ones) without launching the deployment process. All deployment templates you have saved are stored on the Acronis OS Deploy Server, so you have to establish connection with OS Deploy Server to manage them.

  • Page 49: Chapter 6. Remote Management Operations

    Acronis Snap Deploy Agent must be installed on a remote PC to perform file management operations. Connect to the remote PC whose files and folders you want to manage. Select Manage files from the list of operations.
  • Page 50 2. Enter a new file/folder name and press the OK button. Delete file/folder 1. Select a file/folder you want to delete and click on the Delete button. 2. Confirm deleting file/folder by pressing the OK button. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...

  • Page 51: Executing Applications On A Remote Epc

    (for example, configuration files, scripts, etc.) on a remote PC by creating scheduled tasks. The scheduled task contains the application to execute and periodicity of the execution. Acronis Snap Deploy Agent must be installed on a remote PC to perform applications execution. 6.2.1...
  • Page 52 If you select daily execution, you will have to specify some additional parameters. First, the Start time (hours and minutes). In the Perform this task group, select days to execute tasks on: • Every day Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...
  • Page 53 Setting up weekly execution If you select weekly execution, you will have to specify some additional parameters. First, the Start time (hours and minutes). Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...
  • Page 54 First, the Start time (hours and minutes). In the Perform this task group, select time to execute tasks on: Day - on the specified date. The... -- on the specified weekday (e.g. second Tuesday or fourth Friday); selected from drop-down lists. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...
  • Page 55 Setting up one time execution If you select one-time execution, you will have to specify some additional parameters. First, the Start time (hours and minutes). Second, the Start date. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...
  • Page 56 You will have to specify the name of the user who owns the executed task, otherwise no scheduled execution would be available. Figure 46. User information In the upper field enter user name. Enter the password in two fields below. Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...

  • Page 57: Managing Scheduled Tasks

    Execute now allows you to execute the selected task immediately. Rename allows you to give selected task a different name. Delete allows you to delete the selected task. Figure 47. Scheduled tasks Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2006...

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