Chapter 1. General Information; Key Features - ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY 2.0 User Manual

General information

Chapter 1. General information

Acronis® Snap Deploy is a comprehensive solution designed for simultaneous
remote deployment of a fully configured operating system with application
software to target PCs over a network from a previously created image file.
Acronis Snap Deploy also provides configuration management tools to
configure system settings, manage files, and execute applications on systems
throughout the network.
During deployment, the deploy server multicasts an image of the master PC
to networked target computers.
The master image contains everything the system needs to run — the
operating system and application software.
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 these images as a
standard to deploy to target PCs. Because the product uses disk-imaging
technology that creates an image of an entire hard disk drive, it is ideal for
rapid bare-metal installations and disaster recovery operations.
Save money
Businesses today face increasing challenges when it comes to configuring and
deploying new PCs in a distributed enterprise environment. IT staffs are
constantly looking for new solutions that can quickly and efficiently deploy
new systems that comply with established corporate policies. They also want
the systems to be managed from a central location. Having a deployment
solution in place that enables businesses to create and deploy multiple,
standardized configurations quickly and efficiently can save money.
Fastest simultaneous deployment
OS installation and configuration, even on a single PC, is a slow and tedious
process, but it's nothing compared to doing it on dozens of brand new PCs.
Acronis Snap Deploy reduces maintenance costs by providing fast,
simultaneous deployment of new systems.
Deploy a live system on different hardware
You can configure the source system in a virtual environment or on a
computer with motherboard or CPU differing from that of the target
computers. The Acronis Universal Deploy option will replace the hardware
abstraction layer (HAL) and mass storage device drivers so that the deployed
system is able to boot. With this option, a multiprocessor system can be
deployed on single-processor hardware and vice versa.

1.1. Key features

Remote simultaneous deployment of master image to target PCs,
including:
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Setting the target computers names and domain or workgroup
membership
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