Acronis Snap Deploy Architecture; How Acronis Snap Deploy Works - ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY Manual

Master image creation
Master images checking
Logs viewing
Remote PXE Server management
File management on a remote PC
Application execution on a remote PC
Installing Acronis components to a remote computer (requires appropriate
access rights)
User-friendly Windows XP-like interface with full mouse support
Comprehensive wizards simplify even the most complex operations
Support a variety of IDE, SCSI, USB and PC Card (formerly PCMCIA)
storage media
Support for all hard disks, regardless of capacity
Support backup images created with Acronis True Image

1.2. Acronis Snap Deploy architecture

Acronis Snap Deploy includes the following components:
Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console is the primary tool for
remotely managing Acronis OS Deploy Server, Acronis PXE Server and target
PCs. It also allows you to create and check master 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 for PXE Server to work properly, network computers
must support PXE.
Acronis Snap Deploy Agent boots up target PCs to establish a connection
with Acronis OS Deploy Server. There are two ways to load Acronis Snap
Deploy Agent on target computers: directly from bootable media or from
Acronis PXE Server.
Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent must be installed on a remote
PC to perform the following operations: create master images, manage files,
execute applications.
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.
Acronis License Server allows you to manage your Acronis enterprise
product licenses from a single location.

1.3. How Acronis Snap Deploy works

Deployment of a target PC takes six steps:
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