Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Update 5 USER GUIDE Table of contents 1 Introducing Acronis Snap Deploy 5 ...................................................................................6 1.1 Overview .................................................................................................................................... 6 1.1.1 What is Acronis Snap Deploy 5....................................................................................................................... 6 1.1.2 Who needs Acronis Snap Deploy 5 ................................................................................................................ 6 1.1.3 Acronis Snap Deploy 5 infrastructure ............................................................................................................ 6 1.2 What's new in Update 5 ............................................................................................................ 6 1.3 What's new in Update 4 ............................................................................................................ 7 1.4 What's new in Update 3 ............................................................................................................ 7 1.5 What's new in Update 2 ............................................................................................................ 7 1.6 What's new in Update 1 ............................................................................................................ 7 1.7 What's new in Acronis Snap Deploy 5 ....................................................................................... 7 1.8 What you can do with Acronis Snap Deploy 5 ........................................................................... 8 1.8.1 Taking an image of the master system .......................................................................................................... 8 1.8.2 Deployment to specific machines (immediate, manual, and scheduled deployment) ............................. 8 1.8.3 Deployment to any ready machines (event-driven deployment) ............................................................... 9 1.8.4 Stand-alone deployment ................................................................................................................................ 9 1.8.5 Deployment with individual deployment settings........................................................................................ 9 1.8.6 User-initiated deployment (custom deployment) ...................................................................................... 10 1.8.7 Deployment of a disk volume and MBR ...................................................................................................... 10 1.8.8 Command-line mode and scripting under WinPE ...................................................................................... 10 1.9 Features of Acronis Snap Deploy 5 ..........................................................................................11 1.9.1 List of machines ............................................................................................................................................. 11 1.9.2 List of deployment tasks ............................................................................................................................... 11 1.9.3 Per-deployment licensing ............................................................................................................................. 12 1.9.4 Support for the VHD format ......................................................................................................................... 12 1.9.5 Graphical user interface in WinPE ............................................................................................................... 12 1.9.6 E-mail notifications about deployment ....................................................................................................... 13 1.9.7 Compatibility with images created by other Acronis products ................................................................. 13 1.9.8 Support for multiple network adapters ....................................................................................................... 13 1.9.9 Multicast TTL and network bandwidth throttling ....................................................................................... 13 1.9.10 Encrypted communication ........................................................................................................................... 14 1.9.11 Password protection ..................................................................................................................................... 14 1.9.12 Online deployment ....................................................................................................................................... 14 1.10 Supported operating systems for imaging and deployment ...................................................14 1.11 Licensing policy ........................................................................................................................16 1.11.1 Machine licenses and deployment licenses ................................................................................................ 16 1.11.2 Server licenses and workstation licenses .................................................................................................... 17 1.11.3 Trial version of Acronis Snap Deploy 5 ........................................................................................................ 17 1.12 Upgrading to Acronis Snap Deploy 5 .......................................................................................17 1.12.1 Upgrading licenses ........................................................................................................................................ 17 1.12.2 Upgrading components ................................................................................................................................ 18 1.13 Technical Support ....................................................................................................................18 2 Understanding Acronis Snap Deploy 5 ............................................................................ 20 2.1 Terminology .............................................................................................................................20 2.2 Components .............................................................................................................................21 2.3 Support for file systems and storage media ............................................................................22 2 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2003-2020 2.3.1 Supported file systems .................................................................................................................................. 22 2.3.2 Supported media ........................................................................................................................................... 22 2.4 Supported types of disks and firmware interfaces ..................................................................23 2.5 Usage .......................................................................................................................................23 2.5.1 Offline imaging .............................................................................................................................................. 23 2.5.2 Online imaging ............................................................................................................................................... 24 2.5.3 Deployment ................................................................................................................................................... 25 2.6 What is Acronis Universal Deploy ............................................................................................26 2.6.1 Acronis Universal Deploy purpose ............................................................................................................... 26 2.6.2 Acronis Universal Deploy in Windows ......................................................................................................... 27 2.6.3 Acronis Universal Deploy in Linux ................................................................................................................ 27 2.6.4 Acronis Universal Deploy and Microsoft Sysprep ....................................................................................... 28 2.7 How to .....................................................................................................................................28 3 Getting started with Acronis Snap Deploy 5 .................................................................... 29 4 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy 5.............................................................................. 43 4.1 Supported operating systems ..................................................................................................43 4.2 System requirements ...............................................................................................................44 4.3 Used ports and IP addresses ....................................................................................................44 4.4 Typical installation ...................................................................................................................45 4.5 Custom installation 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