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1. 4 Using Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console 4 1 Connections 4 1 1 Connect to a local machine When started Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console connects to the local machine if there is a manageable Acronis Snap Deploy component on this machine You can manage any Acronis server or Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent installed on the same machine without any additional actions SN Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console Gog san Operations view Tools Help eee Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console E Install Acronis Components Deployment Options Help amp Web Support User s Guide 0 target computers S Check Master Image VeriF rity of the master image Create Bootable Media with Acronis Snap Deploy Agent A Create boot edia to prepare target computers for deployment Remote Management JE Ium Licenses A r remote computers boot up afl Manage Files configuration files on a remote computer Run Application Run serv Jlications on a remote computer to moc The management console home window 4 1 2 Connect to another computer Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console can connect to any networked computer where an Acronis server or Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent is installed Once connected you can manage the Acronis server or perform operations using the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent To connect to any Acronis component you need the administrator s privileges on the remote mac
2. for example Acronis Snap Deploy Agent To write another component start the Bootable Media Builder once again 4 To create physical media insert the blank disk so the program can determine its capacity or attach the flash drive To create a bootable disk ISO image specify the ISO file name and the folder in which to place it To upload the components to a PXE server specify the server and provide the user name and password to access it 5 The components being uploaded to the PXE server can be protected with a password to prevent the components from unauthorized execution The password prompt will come up before displaying the Acronis boot menu Deploy Agent Creation Wizard Password Protection You can specify a password For the boot menu Specify a password Enter the password Confirm the password Protecting the boot menu with a password 6 Next the program will calculate how many blank disks are required in case you have not chosen ISO or PXE and give you time to prepare them When you have finished click Proceed After you create a boot disk mark it and keep it in a safe place 40 Acronis Inc Acronis Snap Deploy bootable components are based on Linux kernel and equipped with the Linux system and device drivers Acronis regularly supplements the driver set with drivers for new devices However there may be a chance of drivers being incompatible with your hardware and the bootable
3. 15 Select the deployment template 16 Select and set up the deployment schedule One time only Daily or several times a day Weekly Monthly Do not forget that the target computers must be powered off or booted into the Acronis Snap Deploy Agent before the scheduled time comes 17 Review the scheduled task summary and click Proceed to save the task 18 Select the Scheduled Deployment Tasks tab and make sure that the task is saved 19 When the task is started the connected computers IP addresses and the task progress will be displayed on the Deployment tab 20 When the task is finished its log will be available in the Acronis OS Deploy Server log 13 4 Operations with scheduled tasks Acronis Inc 81 Once a deployment task is scheduled it appears on the Scheduled Deployment Tasks tab A task scheduled for periodical execution stays on the deploy server until you delete it A task scheduled for one time execution will disappear as soon as the execution is completed DE Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console Gog san 7 Operations View Tools Help da 595 9 Deployment Templates Name Status Schedule Last Run Time Last Result E Deployment 1 Scheduled At 14 32 00 every day Not yet run Not yet started GOG SAN user Operations BR Create New Task Tools Be Create Bootable Media E Install Acronis Components ij Show Log Options Help amp Web Support User s Guide T
4. 3 d lt Install Acronis License Server 4 3 Le Install Acronis PXE Server serok p Snap Deploy WWW ACRONIS COM 9 1 Install Acronis Wake On LAN Proxy The installation widow The Acronis Universal Deploy option installs from its own installation file 3 3 2 Common installation configurations Acronis Snap Deploy components can be installed in various configurations in terms of distributing the components and features among the networked computers 24 Acronis Inc 1 The minimal configuration that enables only offline imaging and standalone deployment Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console custom installation including Media Builder for Acronis Image Creator Media Builder for Acronis Standalone Utility all on the same computer 2 The minimal configuration that enables offline imaging standalone deployment and deployment through the network with Acronis OS Deploy Server Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console custom installation including Media Builder for Acronis Image Creator Media Builder for Acronis Standalone Utility Media Builder for Acronis Snap Deploy Agent Acronis License Server custom installation includes only Acronis License Server Acronis OS Deploy Server all on the same computer On the target computers no Acronis components are required 3 The configuration that adds the network boot of master and target computers to the above functionality Acronis Snap Deploy Management
5. 90 15 2 Uploading PE images to Acronis PXE Server sssssssee nnns 90 15 3 ASD command line syntax eee nett ee t A A A E EEE nennen eene nnn 91 15 3 1 Supported commiands eterne tbe hte e Pe ie mee ex EO ERREUR Rud ae 91 15 3 2 Common options options common for most asdcmd commands 92 15 3 4 asdcmd usage examples Ara a aaaea raae aaa Ea nennen nnne nennen nnns 96 15 4 Sample Scenari S hannerne eR ree boe aa a aa aA a Ee Vete dp a tae A 96 15 4 1 Deploying images assigned to targets sssssseee nnns 96 15 4 2 Creating images assigned to targets ssssssssesee enne 97 16 Managing a remote compxuter e eieieee essei eene ini kann aa aaa n nu a uada annia sanas nnmnnn 99 16 1 File management on a remote computer 99 16 2 Executing applications on a remote computer ssssssse enne 100 Acronis Inc 5 1 Introducing Acronis Snap Deploy amp This chapter gives a general idea of how an IT department can meet various real life challenges using the Acronis Snap Deploy 1 1 Overview 1 1 1 What is Acronis Snap Deploy Acronis Snap Deploy is a flexible efficient software solution for deployment of a fully configured operating system with or without application software and any other data to multiple computers Because the product uses disk imaging technology it is ideal for rapid bare metal installations and flexible centralized provisioning 1 1
6. The administrator creates a script that images the computers and names each image according to the computer s MAC address The images can be deployed to the corresponding targets as described in the previous section Sample script setlocal SET IMG_PATH image_server images SE IMP DRV LETTER h Acronis Inc 97 net use TMP DRV LETTER IMG PATH echo off for f tokens 1 13 d IF a EQU Physical for f tokens 1 3 deli echo IMAGE FILE a ti asdcmd exe create fi compression 8 goto end end echo on net use TMP DRV LETTE wpeutil Reboot endlocal What this script does Mounts the shared folder Retrieves the booted computer s MAC address Generates a TIB file name if MAC address is 01 02 03 04 05 06 then the TIB file name must be 01 02 03 04 05 06 tib lims a in ipconfig all do ims a in echo 1 do b ename TMP_DRV_LETTER a tib harddisk 1 Images partition C of the computer to the shared folder using the generated file name OPTIONAL Reboots or shutdowns the computer 98 Acronis Inc 16 Managing a remote computer 16 1 File management on a remote computer The following operations with files and folders are available on remote computers through Acronis anap Deploy Management Agent creating and editing text files for example batch files or scripts co
7. If not specified or there is no basic full image a full image will be created Any compression 0 9 Specify the data compression level It ranges from 0 to 9 and is set to 3 by default Any split size in MB Split the image into parts of the specified size General options oss numbers Declares that numbers of partitions in the partition option are adjusted for the MBR partition table rather than just as ascending numbers This means that primary partitions have numbers 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 logical partitions numbers start with 1 5 For example if the disk has one primary and two logical partitions their numbers can appear as follows partition 1 1 1 2 1 3 Or oss numbers partition 1 1 1 5 1 6 Any reboot log file name Ss log_net_user remote user Reboot the computer after the operation is completed Create a log file of the current operation with the specified file name If the log file is created on a network share include the user name for logon to the share Any Any Any log net password password If the log file is created on a network share include the password for logon to the share Any 15 3 3 Specific options options specific for individual asdcmd commands Option Description create harddisk disk number harddisk 1 3 Specifies the hard disks to include into the image file
8. Rescue Media Contents Selection Select the Acronis components to be placed on tl be able to use it to computer and run the v i Acronis Snap Deploy Agent Mes Acronis Standalone Utility H Acronis Master Image Creator a Mas Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console Acronis Master Image Creator Version 3 0 3171 Language English This tool allows you to create an image of a master computer Select default bootmenu item No autostart v i No autostart 5 ired Start automatically after DITE pace required 55 95 MB Booting from HDD Jj Acronis Standalone Utility lt Back JC Acronis Master Image Creatot Acronis Snan Denlnv Anant Selecting bootable components Select the component that will start automatically such component is also referred as the default boot menu item and specify the timeout interval for the component automatic start If you choose say Acronis Snap Deploy Agent and set the Start automatically after parameter to 10 sec the agent will launch 10 seconds after the boot menu is displayed You also have the options 38 Acronis Inc No auto start the Acronis loader will display the boot menu and wait for someone to select whether to boot the OS or one of the Acronis components Booting from HDD the operating system if present on the booting computer s hard disk will start after the specified time runs out This option is designed to make the target computer to boot into the deplo
9. Sysprep to the master system and specify the new settings in the Sysprep inf answer file 1 2 6 Standalone deployment new in v 3 The administrator might need to deploy on a computer isolated from a network or included in a network without Acronis Snap Deploy infrastructure A dedicated bootable utility enables full functional deployment with GUI on a standalone computer The Acronis Universal Deploy option is not available in the standalone mode 1 2 7 Custom Deployment User initiated deployment new in v 3 Acronis Snap Deploy can be configured in such a way that users will be able to deploy and re deploy their computers with one click on the boot menu Scenarios l Software testers have to deploy clean operating systems or preconfigured systems on test machines A test team leader creates custom bootable media or a PXE package that provides a fixed set of choices on the target side A test team member reboots a test computer and selects what to deploy from the boot menu with one click The deployment starts immediately The choices can be various operating systems various editions of the same operating system the same operating system with various settings or various applications to name a few The deployment proceeds independently on each computer 2 The same scenario fits in a university or school lab when switching between exercises requires reconfiguring the computer entirely Students can switch or restart exercises with
10. 10 1 70 35 Deployin 75 9 37 Yo Deployment template 05 O0 0C 29 1A 51 73 3 0 3 137 Custom Deployment Bg Switch off Custom Deployment Mode Tools j Show Log 9 Options Help e Web Support User s Guide Normen ERE Ero eee DE aoc E oa ESE oomen megeen cep W Information W Information GW Information W Information 00 O 0x640000 05 02 2008 21 26 22 Set server property pxe server Ltest 1 00 O 0x640000 05 02 2008 21 26 23 Set server property pxe server logon user Ltest 1 00 0O 0x640000 05 02 2008 21 28 44 Host 10 1 70 35 with MAC address 000C29145173 q 00 0 0x640000 05 02 2008 21 28 44 Session Deployment template 05 02 2008 21 21 51 Ig ii H Gog san Acronis OS Deploy Server is in custom deployment mode 12 The Custom Deployment tab shows the status of deployment operations performed on users requests The tab is empty if none of the users are deploying at the moment While the deploy server is in custom deployment mode you are able to change parameters of the custom deployment mode create new media for the custom deployment mode stop the selected operation if need be by selecting Cancel Deployment Switch off the custom deployment mode The user that requested deployment sees the following screen while the deployment is progress Acronis Snap Deploy Agent 10 1 70 35 Acronis Operation 1 of 1 Seve ef s OS deployment Target disk 1 Source
11. 2 Disk partitiori Selection 7 ior tire nderit ei pe atti EE e AE REP ERNEA A rera 53 9 2 3 Target disk and partition Selection nn eem 55 9 2 4 User ACCOUNTS oie edite he re Ee ef rd Ud rer ER Ere rere edd ER a rs 56 9 2 5 Computer names and domain WOrkQrOUP 0 tititi eene 56 9 270 NetWOrK SETIN S eie M M 58 9 2 7 Security idernitifiers 2 x nio A iaip e EM rhe oo te DA B DIR A RR E adiev BUE Pre ns 59 9 2 8 Transferring files nenie ec nor tot e ia Io ee ee Cu dde alode oe eot epe aaa ers 59 9 2 9 Executing applications oro nene eran ER i esae xr RE TU AE a REN xr ies 59 9 2 10 Using Acronis Universal Deploy nn nn nnn eee e nemen 59 9 2 11 Deployment options oorr te ren eid ye Md e ER Tre bn oneri ue dis 61 9 2 12 Comments and SUMMALY gp rare aee tp e ede eoe ni e ud e eR rude tip eden 65 4 Acronis Inc 10 Standalone deployment 1 eeeeieieee ee eeiiee esie innen nana aaa nian masas annua as dna naa na 67 11 Manual deployment 1 eeecieieeeeeieie eee seea aane an dk an aan iaa a auus annua sus R Raus usu na sau 69 IL l Booting up the targets 4 uec et ge it p e e rate Yo Lee atten Dvd eL PE iA 69 11 2 Starting deploytrientzs ee ccr ere RETIRER ES CORRER E FE PEERTI aan Rag REPRE 71 12 Event driven deployment eeeieeeeeeeieeeeee e siei aenean anam a inan aud anna ua dana uu 73 13 Schedul
12. 2 Who needs Acronis Snap Deploy Acronis Snap Deploy is primarily designed to be used by Small and medium size businesses IT service providers Hardware retailers IT departments of larger corporations Schools and universities R amp D and software testing labs The enterprise features added to Acronis Snap Deploy v 3 scheduled deployment support for Preinstallation Environment command line and scripting to name a few can help automate the tasks of the IT department in large enterprise environments 1 1 3 Acronis Snap Deploy infrastructure Components of the Acronis infrastructure are installed on Windows computers Centralized imaging deployment and managing the Acronis infrastructure is performed using Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console A reference image can be taken either in Windows or in the Acronis or Windows PE environment The Acronis environment provides the GUI mode Under Windows PE command line mode and scripting are supported Deployment is performed in the Acronis or Windows PE environment A dedicated bootable utility enables full functional deployment with GUI on a standalone computer a computer isolated from the network or included in a network without Acronis Snap Deploy infrastructure 6 Acronis Inc 1 2 What you can do with Acronis Snap Deploy 3 1 2 1 Take an image of the master system Acronis Snap Deploy 2 0 functionality First you create the desired system configuration and save the image
13. 7 Run the manual deployment 68 Acronis Inc 11 Manual deployment Manual deployment presumes that you first boot up the target computers and then apply the deployment template The deployment will start immediately on clicking Proceed in the deployment wizard 11 1 Booting up the targets To perform manual or event driven deployment you need to boot the target computers into Acronis Snap Deploy Agent using either bootable media or Acronis PXE Server Deployment presumes that you have created a master image so at least the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console is installed l Install Acronis License Server Import licenses to the license server Install Acronis OS Deploy Server 2 Doone ofthe following Create bootable media with Acronis Snap Deploy Agent or Install Acronis PXE Server connect the console to the PXE server and upload Acronis Snap Deploy Agent 3 Doone ofthe following Boot the target computer s into Acronis Snap Deploy Agent from bootable media or Boot the target computer s into Acronis Snap Deploy Agent from the PXE Server x a Acronis Snap Deploy Age Windows Acronis Rescue Media WWW ACRONIS COM DN omputer and Turn Off Computer r co cro The boot menu on the target side 4 Select Acronis Snap Deploy Agent in the boot menu Acronis Inc 69 While creating bootable media or uploading Acronis Snap Deploy Agent on the PXE server the agent can be conf
14. Console custom installation including Media Builder for Acronis Image Creator Media Builder for Acronis Standalone Utility Media Builder for Acronis Snap Deploy Agent Acronis License Server custom installation includes only Acronis License Server Acronis OS Deploy Server Acronis PXE Server all on the same computer On the target computers no Acronis components are required This is the recommended elementary configuration that enables most of the Acronis Snap Deploy functionality In case physical access to the powerful server is limited you can install the console on a separate computer Another common configuration is Workstation Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console custom installation including Media Builder for Acronis Image Creator Media Builder for Acronis Standalone Utility Media Builder for Acronis Snap Deploy Agent Server Acronis License Server custom installation includes only Acronis License Server Acronis OS Deploy Server Acronis PXE Server Generally you can install all Acronis servers on separate computers In this case you will have to connect the management console to each server separately to manage the server With all servers on one computer only one console connection is needed 4 To add the ability to deploy Windows on dissimilar hardware to any configuration but 1 install the Acronis Universal Deploy add on on a computer where Acronis OS Deploy Server is installed 5 To add the
15. Deploy Agent 6 Connect to the Acronis OS Deploy Server and click Event Driven Deployment on the sidebar 7 Select the condition that triggers the deployment Enter the number of computers you need to deploy say 70 computers for sales If the time out is not specified the check box is not checked the deploy server will wait until any 70 computers boot into Acronis Snap Deploy Agent and connect to the server If you specify the time out check the box and set the time the deployment will start either when any 70 computers connect or when the time runs out and at least one computer is connected Acronis Inc 73 Event Driven Deployment Wizard Event Driven Deployment which triggers the de Start deployment of the master image When computers are available Wait for 15 gt minutes and deploy to available computers Description Acronis OS Deploy Server waits until the specified number of targets connects to the server Acronis OS Deploy Server waits until the specified time passes The server starts the deployment procedure on the available computers upon occurrence of any of the above events Triggering conditions for event driven deployment 8 Select the previously created deployment template or configure the deployment operation as described in 9 2 1 9 2 12 9 Review the deployment operation summary and click Proceed to commit the event driven deployment The Deployment
16. Icons by Acronis Inc 33 3 12 3 Removing licenses To completely remove a license from the Acronis License Server select it from the list of available licenses and click Remove License on the sidebar 3 12 4 Using the Acronis License Server Management Tool The Acronis License Server Management Tool is a command line utility for controlling Acronis License Server The LicenseServerCmdLine exe file installs with only the Acronis License Server complete installation The tool is located in the installation folder by default it is Program Files Acronis LicenseServer If the file is not found install it by running the Acronis Snap Deploy setup program For more information see 3 5 nstallation of Acronis License Server LicenseServerCmdLine exe uses the following syntax LicenseServerCmdLine command optionl option2 LicenseServerCmdLine exe supports the following commands and command options list Displays the list of Acronis License Servers found on the local network status servername or server IP address Displays the status of the specified License Server i e the number of total free licenses for each Acronis product import servername serial key Adds information about a new license new serial key You can specify multiple serial numbers space separated import file servername filename Imports license serial keys from txt or eml file help Shows usage 34 Acronis Inc
17. License Server has licenses only for the server product You have an option to use the server product license instead of the workstation license automatically or through a prompt 62 Acronis Inc Create Deployment Template Wizard Options You can view and set the options for the selected items E Action after deployment A Licensing uU Disk utilization A Network utilization Choose an action which Acronis Snap Deploy should perform if no workstation licenses are available on Acronis License Server during deployment 8 Stop operation ri Ask for my approval to use server license C Use server license automatically Licensing Network utilization The preset is Multicast You can choose the data transfer mode for the deployment With the Multicast transfer mode Acronis OS Deploy Server sends data to a group of recipients simultaneously Using the Unicast transfer mode the server sends a copy of the data to each recipient this can significantly reduce the deployment speed For example you have 128 KB sec bandwidth and want to deploy a system on 10 target computers With Unicast mode the server divides 128 KB sec among 10 computers therefore the data transfer speed will be 12 8 KB sec for each target machine With Multicast mode the server sends one copy of data to a multicast address and each client will receive data at 128 KB sec speed Multicast configuration has a parameter
18. Master Image Creator MIE Acronis Standalone Utility Acronis Master Image Creator Version 3 0 3171 Language English This tool allows you to create an image of a master computer Select default bootmenu item No autostart v Start automatically after 10 sec The Acronis standalone components to be placed on the bootable media Space required 37 85 MB 3 Configure and image the master system Save the image on a network share detachable or removable media because internal hard disks of the target computer cannot be accessed during the standalone deployment 4 Boot the target computer into Acronis Standalone Utility 5 Attach or insert the media if the master image or files to transfer are located on the media Acronis Standalone Utility can deploy images located in network shared folders on USB and FireWire IEEE 1394 storage devices hard drives flash drives attached to the managed computer on DVD R RW DVD R RW CD R RW loaded in the managed computer media drive The image created on removable media has to fit into one media disk To deploy an image spread over several CDs DVDs or other media copy all parts of the image to the same folder on an external drive or a network share Acronis Inc 67 6 Configure the deployment operation as described in 9 2 1 9 2 12 Note that the template cannot be saved because the standalone utility does not access the Acronis OS Deploy Server
19. ONAL It is recommended that you provide a comment for easy identification of the image Next you will see the imaging procedure summary Check the settings and click Proceed The imaging operation starts and its progress is displayed s Operation Progress Acronis Create Full Backup Archive From Disk 1 Snap Deploy To file D Master tib Compression Normal Operation 1 of 2 Creating partition image Hard disk 1 Drive letter Ct File system NTFS Volume label Size 3 991 GB Current operation progress un Total progress 9 minutes remaining 7 Acronis T Compute with confidence wewe we acronis com Acronis Snap Deploy is taking the master image 50 Acronis Inc 8 Checking the master image To be assured that a master image is not damaged you can check its integrity 1 Connect to a computer where Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent is installed 2 Select Check master image 3 Follow the wizard s instructions to select the image 4 Click Proceed in the summary window The checking operation starts You can stop the operation if need be by clicking Cancel After the check is complete the program shows the result Acronis Inc 51 9 Deployment templates A deployment template is a set of configuration parameters of the deployment operation This includes A path to the master image The operation mode multicast or unicast how to handle the target disk free space etc S
20. Part3 H E E E E E amp CET E BO System Volume Information E B MyFull tib ir Computers Near Me s MyFull tib This is image archive No description is available Date 20 mapta 2008 r 18 28 41 Size 1 961 GB L cC 4 000 Gp 990 5 MB FAT32 Part1 F 1 042 GB FAT32 File name J AMyFull tib Files of type Backup Archives tib Selecting a master image 9 2 2 Disk partition selection Specify The disk to deploy if the image contains multiple disks The disk partitions to deploy if the image of the selected disk contains multiple partitions Acronis Inc 53 Create Deployment Template Wizard Yolume Selection Select a disk or volume you want to deploy Capacity Model Interface Disk 2 4 000 GB VMware Virtual IDE H 0000 IDE 0 Secondary Master Sum i C 4 000 GB 3 991 GB NTFS Part1 F 11 042 GB FAT32 Primary Wi Logical I3 Unallocated m eta Wi Unsupported olume Back Next gt Cancel Selecting a disk from the master image The further steps will depend on how many partitions you select If you deploy one partition it is assumed that the target disk has partitions and you will have to select the target partition to deploy over it Other partitions will remain untouched The active partition of the target disk will remain active even if you deploy an active partition side by sid
21. Product Configuration Change product settings E Deployment d Server GWM Network adapters Specify either DNS name or IP address of WR eno deployment server Otherwise the server will be found automatically Server address 10 1 181 100 Configuring the agent on the target side Set the preferable values and click OK 70 Acronis Inc 6 When the Acronis Snap Deploy Agent starts and the target computer is ready for deployment the target computer displays Acronis Snap Deploy Agent 10 1 160 178 Acronis Connecting to Acronis OS Deploy Server CETERI Available network interfaces Network Adapter 0 IP 10 1 160 178 255 255 248 0 DNS 10 1 32 60 Gateway 10 1 160 1 D E Total progress 7 Acronis Compute with confidence BHEBEH wvew acronis com Acronis Snap Deploy Agent ready for deployment The progress bar is frozen because the computer is waiting for deployment 11 2 Starting deployment 1 Connect the console to the Acronis OS Deploy Server 2 Select the Deployment tab The tab shows the computers booted into Acronis Snap Deploy Agent and ready for deployment a Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console Gog san z Operations View Tools Help A w5v5 e Deployment Templates Scheduled Deployment Tasks Target Current Operation Current Progress Total Progress MAC Address Computers available for deployment Operations Manual Deployment Ev
22. Snap Deploy Agents Acronis Snap Deploy Agent is a bootable component that performs deployment on each target computer under control of the Acronis OS Deploy Server There are two ways to load Acronis Snap Deploy Agent on target computers locally from bootable media or remotely using Acronis PXE Server Acronis Master mage Creator is a bootable locally controlled component that takes an image of the master system There are two ways to load Acronis Master Image Creator on a master computer directly from bootable media or remotely using Acronis PXE Server Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent is a component that takes an image of the master system in Windows environment under the administrator s control through the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console The administrator can also manage files and execute applications on a remote computer using Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent Acronis PXE Server allows for network booting computers into Acronis Snap Deploy Agent Acronis Master mage Creator or Preinstallation Environment The computers must support PXE Using Acronis PXE Server considerably reduces the time required for booting multiple computers as compared to using bootable media It also eliminates the need to have a technician onsite to install the bootable media into the system that must be booted Acronis Wake on LAN Proxy is a component that enables the Acronis OS Deploy Server to wake the target computers located in the oth
23. The task schedule remains valid To re schedule a task or clear the task schedule click Change Task Schedule By clearing the task schedule you disable the task execution while not deleting the task The task can be executed in the future when you add a new schedule using the same wizard 82 Acronis Inc 14 Custom deployment mode Acronis Snap Deploy can be configured in such a way that users will be able to deploy and re deploy their computers with one click on the boot menu 14 1 Understanding custom deployment An administrator creates a set of deployment templates that meet the organization s needs and assigns to each template a name that can be easily understood by a user The administrator creates bootable media or a PXE package containing the set of templates and switches on the custom deployment mode Users that need to re deploy their computers boot the computers from bootable media or PXE and select the template by name from the boot menu The deployment starts immediately and proceeds independently on each computer License Server checks licenses OS Deploy Server Templates T1 Custom deployment mode a user initiates deployment In software testing labs the choices can be various operating systems various editions of the same operating system the same operating system with various settings or various applications In a university or school lab the choices can be various exercises that students hav
24. Tools gt Map Network Drive Acronis OS Deploy Server can deploy images located in network shared folders on the deploy server internal hard drive on USB and FireWire IEEE 1394 storage devices hard drives flash drives attached to the deploy server 52 Acronis Inc on DVD R RW DVD R RW CD R RW loaded in the deploy server media drive The best practice is keeping images on the deploy server hard drive This minimizes network traffic during deployment The image created on removable media has to fit into one media disk To deploy an image spread over several CDs DVDs or other media copy all parts of the image to the same folder on the deploy server or on a network share Acronis Standalone Utility can deploy images located in network shared folders on USB and FireWire IEEE 1394 storage devices hard drives flash drives attached to the managed computer on DVD R RW DVD R RW CD R RW loaded in the managed computer media drive The image created on removable media has to fit into one media disk To deploy an image spread over several CDs DVDs or other media copy all parts of the image to the same folder on an external drive or a network share Create Deployment Template Wizard Master Image Selection Select a master image file to be used For deployment P My Computer E Removable Drive A se Local Disk C S Disk2 D 2 CD Drive E amp w Parti F S Part2 G X
25. View Tools Help 9 Acronis ag perations 2 Product amp Configure PXE Server Upload PE to PXE Server E Remove Products from PXE Acronis Snap Deploy Agent Server jg Disable PXE Server Tools F Create Bootable Media ied Install Acronis Components p Show Log Options Help Type Module Error Code Date Time Message Web Support 20 mapta 2008 r 17 32 53 Kj User s Guide 1 G Information 100 O 0x640000 20 03 2008 17 32 53 Load default settings 2 Information 100 0 0x640000 20 03 2008 17 32 53 Settings have been loaded e Gog san Acronis bootable components are uploaded 42 Acronis Inc T Taking an image To be able to deploy a system you need to create the desired system configuration and save the image of the system hard disk on a network share detachable or removable media Acronis Snap Deploy also supports images taken with the Acronis True Image products family including password protected images 7 1 Preparation of the master OS It is very common to prepare a master operating system with the Microsoft System Preparation Tool Sysprep before creating the system image Sysprep is designed for corporate system administrators OEMs and others who need to deploy and automatically configure operating systems on multiple computers After a syspreped operating system is deployed Sysprep generates a unique security ID SID for the new host initiates Wi
26. application Daily the task will be executed once a day or once in several days Weekly the task will be executed once a week or once in several weeks on the selected day Monthly the task will be executed once a month on the selected day 7 Specify the name of the user who owns the executed task 8 Check your settings in the summary screen and click Finish Once the task is scheduled you can access it at any time in order to edit the task or view the task s results To do so connect to the managed machine and select Run application 102 Acronis I nc DE Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console Gog san HI Operations View Tools Help amp amp 5 5 e5 ee Tools fr f yi Create Bootable Media ej d x er ut Install Acronis Components Name Status Schedule Last Run Time Last Result 6 Options WinRAR exe Scheduled Every 24 hours after the previous running was started Not yet run Not yet started Help amp Web Support User s Guide Executing application is scheduled You can run edit rename or delete the task using the toolbar buttons Editing is performed in the same way as creation however the earlier selected options will be set so you only have to enter the changes Deleting or editing a task does not affect the current task execution A task that has been edited or deleted while running will come to an end without any changes The changes you made will be applied when exec
27. bundled with your virtualization software or download the latest driver versions from the software manufacturer website 3 OPTIONAL Specify the driver repository Specify a driver storage to search for HAL and storage device drivers during the automatic search and install procedure You can add network locations and enable a search of removable media for drivers 60 Acronis Inc Add Drivers Storage Driver Location Enter path to the driver storage and provide credentials required for accessing the storage E Alexeyruslyakov Gog San amp X Anri Cleanxp a Dprivalov aw E Drundik User name Energy user amp X Estrella a Evil Mashine Password a Gog San eooo 7 w Hans 7 E Intsys92 E e Katyavm 7 E Lef amp X Ltest 2 7 E Miami E E Michaeltitov Be Naima G Ps Server XR S Rs lt Folder GOG SANK Y Adding a driver repository 9 2 11 Deployment options Select the options for the deployment operation You may select Use default options or Set the options manually f the latter is the case the settings will be applied only to the current deployment template Alternatively you can edit the default options To do so select Use default options and click Tools gt Options in the description field Edit the options and click OK Your settings will be saved as the defaults When not creating a template you can access default options through Tools gt O
28. documentation provided with the hardware If there is no IGMP capable hardware or you cannot configure it correctly in the network use the Unicast data transfer mode MAC filtering Acronis Snap Deploy has the ability to disable deployment on computers with specified MAC addresses This protects production servers and user s systems from unfortunate events The program can import the access list from a text file or save the MAC addresses you type in Both straight enabling and inverse disabling lists are supported but only one list can be active at any one time The enabling inclusion list has to contain all computers that are allowed to be the deployment targets You can add only one MAC address if a computer has more than one network interface card Deployment through any network interface that is not in the list will be prohibited The disabling exclusion list has to include all computers that are not allowed to be the deployment targets Add all MAC addresses if a computer has more than one network interface card Deployment through any network interface that is not in the list will be permitted MAC filtering is a general option of Acronis OS Deploy Server and not a property of a deployment template Whenever and whatever type deployment is executed the program uses the access list that exists at that time That s why the option can be found when editing the default options only 64 Acronis Inc Options You can vie
29. event e After the specified period of time elapsed C wait until computer becomes idle Description The task will be created but not run You will be able to run the task manually later lt Back 4 Start parameters Manually later the task will be saved but not launched automatically You will be able to launch it later One time only the task will be executed once at the specified time and date Upon event Task Scheduler Task Execution by Event Set parameters of the task running by event The task will be run each time the event takes place Start the task At system startup At system startup At system shutdown At user logon Descript At user logoff Run the When free disk space changes _ system start up on a current day select the check box above lt Back Application can be executed on event An application can be executed at system startup or shutdown at user logon or logoff or when free space on any internal hard disk either increases or decreases by the specified value The preset is 20MB Acronis Inc 101 After the specified period of time elapsed Task Scheduler Frequency of Task Execution Specify how often the E ll be run The task will be run periodically at the frequency you specify Run the task every E4 al hours w after the previous running was started C If the computer is turned off run the missed tasks at start up Set the time interval between executing
30. file size the program will create a single image file If the storage disk has enough space but its file system does not allow the estimated file size the image will automatically be split into several files Such might be the case when the image is placed on FAT16 and FAT32 file systems that have a 4 GB file size limit If free space on the disk runs out while creating an image the program will warn you and wait for your decision as to how you plan to fix the problem You can try to free some additional space and continue or click Back and select another disk When creating an image on a CD R RW DVD R RW or DVD R RW diskette Acronis Master Image Creator will ask you to insert a new disk when the previous one is full Acronis Inc 49 You also can select Fixed size and enter the desired file size or select it from the drop down list The image will then be split into multiple files of the specified size This comes in handy when creating an image that you plan to burn to multiple CD R RW DVD R RW or DVD R RW later on Creating images directly on CD R RW DVD R RW or DVD R RW usually takes more time than it would on a hard disk 5 OPTI ONAL Additional settings Validate the image upon operation completion The preset is disabled If enabled the program will check the integrity of the just created image Reboot the computer automatically after imaging is finished The preset is disabled 7 5 4 Comments and summary OPTI
31. install Acronis WOL Proxy Server 1 Run the Acronis Snap Deploy setup program 2 Click Acronis WakeOnLAN Proxy 3 Follow the Install Wizard instructions on the screen Acronis WOL Proxy runs as a service immediately after installation Later on it will automatically launch at each system restart You can stop and start this program in the same way as other services 3 9 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent adds the online imaging ability and the ability to validate integrity of your images Online imaging means that the master system is imaged live without reboot or suspending operations Online imaging can be performed remotely whenever you need on connecting the console to the management agent installed on the master computer The management agent will be included in the master image and deployed on all target computers This will enable you to manage files and execute applications on target computers at any time after deployment However having excess software in the master image is not always rational Besides installation of the agent takes a license We recommend that you create a master image using bootable Acronis Master Image Creator or the command line utility in PE Nevertheless having at least one management agent on the network not necessarily on the master computer makes sense You will be able to validate check your images integrity using the manage
32. of the system hard disk on a network share detachable or removable media mage is a file that contains the system in a packaged form Scenarios 1 Usually company departments such as accounting sales or technical support use a fixed set of applications for daily work Capture an entire library of images and deploy them to new hardware without having to manually configure the operating system and applications 2 The administrator might need to deploy a standard configuration included in the library on various hardware The separately sold Acronis Universal Deploy option can configure Windows system drivers so that Windows is able to boot on dissimilar hardware Without this option the motherboard processors and mass storage devices of the imaged and the target hardware must be identical The same applies to non Windows operating systems 1 2 2 Manual deployment Acronis Snap Deploy 2 0 functionality Boot the target computers the computers to deploy to into Acronis environment using Acronis bootable media or Acronis PXE Preboot eXecution Environment Server Set up and save parameters of the deployment operation the deployment template Launch the deployment The program multicasts the image to the computers you specified and deploys the system on their hard disks DNS names domain or workgroup membership TCP IP settings user accounts and security identifiers are assigned on the fly according to the settings you made Once t
33. online imaging ability and the ability to validate images integrity to any configuration install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent Online imaging means that the master system is imaged live without reboot or suspending operations Online imaging can be performed remotely whenever you need on connecting the console Acronis Inc 25 to the management agent installed on the master computer The management agent will be included in the master image and deployed on all target computers This will enable you to manage files and execute applications on target computers at any time after deployment However having excess software in the master image is not always rational Besides installation of the agent takes a license We recommend that you create a master image using bootable Acronis Master Image Creator or the command line utility in PE Nevertheless having at least one management agent on the network not necessarily on the master computer makes sense You will be able to validate check your images integrity using the management agent 6 To add the Acronis OS Deploy Server ability to deploy in other subnet across a switch to any configuration but 1 install Acronis WOL Proxy on any server in the subnet where the target computers are No additional actions are required Acronis WOL Proxy has to be installed only if you are going to perform scheduled deployment manual or event driven deployment do not require WOL Proxy S
34. or Preinstallation Environment on target computers Using Acronis PXE Server considerably reduces the time required for booting the computers as compared to using bootable media It also eliminates the need to have a technician onsite to install the bootable media into the system that must be booted This allows for unattended scheduled deployment Using Acronis PXE Server makes sense if there is a Dynamic Host Control Protocol DHCP server in your network so that the booting computers can automatically get IP addresses Without DHCP you cannot boot computers from PXE We recommend that you have only one PXE server within a subnet to ensure predictability of the booting computers behavior 3 7 1 Installation of Acronis PXE Server To install Acronis PXE Server 1 Run the Acronis Snap Deploy setup program 2 Click Install Acronis PXE Server 3 Follow the on screen Install Wizard instructions Acronis PXE Server runs as a service immediately after installation Later on it will automatically launch at each system restart You can stop and start this program in the same way as other services 3 7 2 Setting up a computer to boot from PXE For bare metal it is enough that the machine s BIOS supports network booting On a machine that has an operating system on the hard disk the BIOS must be configured so that the network interface card is either the first boot device or at least prior the Hard Drive device The example below shows one o
35. restoring a partition to the unallocated space on the hard disk size partition size in sectors Sets the new partition size in sectors fatl6 32 Enables the file system conversion from FAT16 to FAT32 if the partition size after deployment is likely to exceed 2GB Without this option the deployed partition will inherit the file system from the image restore bootable auto on off Sets the rule of MBR deployment when deploying a partition when deploying a disk MBR is always deployed Auto deploy MBR if an active partition that contains an operating system is deployed Use this to ensure that the OS can boot up On deploy MBR if an active partition is deployed no matter whether the partition contains an OS or not Off do not deploy MBR Use this to preserve the Unix loader for example 94 Acronis Inc type active logical primary Sets the deployed partition to active primary or logical if possible for example there cannot be more than four primary partitions on the disk Setting a partition to active always sets it to primary while a partition set to primary may stay inactive If the type is not specified the program tries to keep the target partition type If the target partition is active the deployed partition is set to active If the target partition is primary and there are other primary partitions on the disk one of them will be set to active wh
36. script setlocal SET IMG_PATH image_server images SE IMP DRV LETTER h net use TMP DRV LETTERS 1MG PATH echo off for f tokens 1 13 delims a in ipconfig all do IF a EQU Physical for f tokens 1 3 delims a in echo 1 do IF EXIST TMP_DRV_LETTER 3 a tib echo DEPLOYMENT IMAGE file a tib asdcmd exe deploy filename TMP_DRV_LETTER a tib harddisk 1 target partition c goto end ELSE echo THE IMAGE FILE IMG_PATH a tib NOT FOUND end echo on net use TMP DRV LETTERS d wpeutil Reboot endlocal What this script does Mounts the shared folder containing the set of images one image corresponds to one target Retrieves the target s MAC address Generates a TIB file name if MAC address is 01 02 03 04 05 06 then the TIB file name must be 01 02 03 04 05 06 tib Searches the shared folder for an image with such name Deploys the image if found OPTIONAL Reboots or shutdowns the target Environment variables SET IMG PATH path to a shared folder on the deploy server SET TMP DRV mounted drive on target side 15 4 2 Creating images assigned to targets Scenario The administrator might need to deploy on a computer a previously created image of the same system to roll back the system to the imaged state Solution
37. size in sectors type active primary logical preserve_mbr license_server the server IP grant_server_licens When using the Acronis Universal Deploy add on ud_path path ud_username user ud_password pwd ud_driver inf filename verify Verifies the image integrity filename file name password password net_user username net_password password reboot log file name log_net_user remot user log_net_password passwo rd list Lists available drives and partitions With the filename option lists the image contents password password net_user username net_password password filename file name 15 3 2 Common options options common for most asdcmd commands Option Description Image location Access to images filename file name Full path to the image including the file Any name password password The password for the image if Any required net_user username access Specify a user name for network drive Network drive net_password password access Specify a password for network drive Network drive Imaging options incremental Set the image type to incremental If Any not specified or there is no basic full image a full image will be created 92 Acronis Inc differential Set the image type to differential
38. that specifies the time to live TTL for multicast packets Use this parameter to limit multicast packets distribution via gateways The default value is 15 In practice this enables the packets to pass up to 15 hops which may be treated as unlimited distance The minimal value 1 will limit the packets circulation to one subnet By setting the permitted bandwidth you can limit the network usage during deployment Acronis Inc 63 Create Deployment Template Wizard Options You can view and set the options for the selected items fa Action after deployment 3 Disk utilization m Network utilization R Licensing ien x es eo Network utilization Selecting Multicast enables the server to transfer data 2 EE to clients without establishing a connection with each of them and thus avoiding data duplication on the network If you select Unicast the server works independently with each client Bandwidth throttling allows the server to limit network usage while transferring data Select transfer mode 8 Multicast TTL value 15 S Unicast Bandwidth throttling bits sec 1GB il Adjusting network utilization 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
39. to manage the deployed computers or re deploy any of them 1 5 1 Server and workstation licenses Acronis Snap Deploy has two types of licenses A license for the server product is needed to deploy a server operating system or install the management agent on a server operating system A license for the workstation product is needed to deploy a workstation operating system or install the management agent on a workstation operating system A workstation license is needed to deploy a disk or partition that does not contain an operating system if the target computer has not been assigned a license before Linux is considered as a server OS The explicit list of server and workstation operating systems is in the previous section If Acronis Snap Deploy fails to identify the type of operating system the operating system is considered as a workstation OS A server license could be used instead of a workstation license automatically or through a prompt 1 5 2 Licenses for Acronis Universal Deploy Acronis Universal Deploy is an add on to Acronis Snap Deploy and has its own serial numbers and license agreement The Acronis Universal Deploy licenses are counted used and upgraded in the same way as the Acronis Snap Deploy licenses Acronis Universal Deploy also has two types of licenses for server and workstation operating systems You need one Universal Deploy license per target computer You do not need a license to install Acronis Universal
40. used Import a v 3 upgrade license You will be able to deploy to any computer with Acronis Snap Deploy 3 2 You have a v 1 0 license that is used and assigned to the computer Host1 Import a v 3 upgrade license You will be able to deploy to Host1 with Acronis Snap Deploy 3 3 You have a combination of v 1 0 license and v 2 0 upgrade license The licenses have not yet been used Import a v 3 upgrade license You will be able to deploy to any computer with Acronis Snap Deploy 3 4 You have a combination of v 1 0 license and v 2 0 upgrade license Either license is assigned to the computer Host1 by v 1 0 or v 2 0 Import a v 3 upgrade license You will be able to deploy to Host1 with Acronis Snap Deploy 3 5 You have a v 2 0 license that has not yet been used Import a v 3 upgrade license You will be able to deploy to any computer with ASD 3 6 You have a v 2 0 license that is used and assigned to the computer Host1 Import a v 3 upgrade license You will be able to deploy to Host1 with Acronis Snap Deploy 3 7 You don t have any ASD licenses Import a v 3 license You will be able to deploy to any computer with ASD 3 1 6 2 Upgrading components Install the components of v 3 over the v 2 0 or v 1 0 components Components of v 3 cannot communicate with v 2 0 and v 1 0 components since they use A cryptographic communication protocol that was not supported by the previous program versions Remove old Acronis Snap Deploy components if
41. 4 Acronis COMPUTE WITH CONFIDENCE WWW ACRONIS COM Acronis Snap Deploy 3 User s Guide Copyright Acronis Inc 2010 All rights reserved Acronis Acronis Compute with Confidence and the Acronis logo are trademarks of Acronis Inc Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Windows is a registered trademark 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 Distribution of this work or derivative work in any standard paper book form for commercial purposes is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright holder DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED AS IS AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON INFRINGEMENT ARE DISCLAIMED EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH DISCLAIMERS ARE HELD TO BE LEGALLY INVALID Third party software notices Third party code may be provided with the Software and or Service The license terms for such third parties are detailed in the license txt file located in the root installation directory You can always find the latest up to date list of the third party code and the associated license terms used with the Software and or Service at http kb acronis com
42. AC addresses are included in the total list Scenarios l An organization receives a shipment of computers from a manufacturer along with the list of their MAC addresses The IT department has to deploy the operating system to the new hardware 2 An Internet caf a school or university lab has 100 computers with known MAC addresses The nightly deployment of the initial standard image on these computers is needed 13 1 Preparation steps 13 1 1 Getting MAC addresses Media Access Control address MAC address is a 48 bit physical hardware address of a network device In Windows the physical address can be obtained with ipconfig all or by selecting Local Area Connection gt Status gt Support gt Details MAC addresses for bare metal are usually supplied by the hardware manufacturer You can get a MAC address of any PC compatible hardware by entering the network configuration menu of any Acronis bootable component Acronis Master Image Creator for example An administrator can execute a script that collects MAC addresses of networked computers and saves them in a text file The text file can then be imported by Acronis Snap Deploy This can be a plain text file comment 00 01 23 45 67 1A comment 02 01 23 45 67 1B An option to type in the hex MAC addresses is also provided 13 1 2 Enabling WOL on targets Before using scheduled deployment make sure that Wake on LAN is enabled on the target computers Enter the
43. Acronis License Server launches automatically as Windows service Before installing Acronis OS Deploy Server import serial numbers to Acronis License Server either in command line mode or using Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console 3 5 2 Adding licenses using Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console Run the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console Click Manage licenses Connect to the computer where Acronis License Server is installed Click Add License on the sidebar In the Add License window type in the serial number or a path to the txt or eml file containing the serial numbers Or you can browse to the file 5 In the final window click Proceed Acronis License Server performs the operation and reports the number of newly added licenses DOSE a Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console Gog san z Operations View Tools Help d gg 5 59 90 2 Product Name Serial Number Import Date Expiration Date Total Used Available Operations Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English fig Add license XX Remove license a Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English NZGES MBEFY 20 03 2008 a Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English DSQFK 63DCR 20 03 2008 Tools acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English GDJKK 75A2U 20 03 2008 o Create Bootable Media a Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English Q9FZY K6QAP 20 03 2008 E Install Acronis Components a Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English 4MRZF CUBC3 20 03 2008 Options R Acron
44. Deploy However do not forget to add the Acronis Universal Deploy licenses to the license server before starting deployment If the licenses are not found during deployment the Acronis Universal Deploy step will be skipped 1 5 3 Acronis Snap Deploy trial version The Acronis Snap Deploy trial version has all the functionality of the standard version To upgrade from the trial version to the standard product you do not need to re download the software Simply buy the licenses and import them to the license server 12 Acronis Inc 1 6 Upgrade to v 3 To upgrade from Acronis Snap Deploy version 2 0 or 1 0 to version 3 upgrade both the licenses and the program components 1 6 1 Upgrading licenses Buy the necessary number of upgrade licenses and import the licenses to your license server The table below illustrates how the various combinations of licenses will be upgraded Use the table to calculate the number of 3 upgrade licenses you need What you can do with ASD 3 after the upgrade 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Deploy to Deployto Deployto Deployto Deployto Deployto Deploy to any target Hostl any target Hostl any target Hostl any target You 3 Upg 3 Upg 3 Upg 3 Upg 3 Upg 3 Upg 3 buy You 2 0 Upg 2 0 Upg 2 0 2 0 have 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 New Used New Used New Used assigned assigned assigned to Host1 to Host1 to Host1 1 You have a v 1 0 license that has not yet been
45. Inc 43 Offline imaging means that the master system is stopped and the master computer boots into Acronis or PE environment l Install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console 2 Do one of the following Create bootable media with Acronis Master Image Creator or Install Acronis PXE Server connect the console to the PXE server and upload Acronis Master mage Creator Make sure that network booting is enabled on the master computer see 3 7 2 Setting up a computer to boot from PXE for details 3 Configure the master system 4 Doone ofthe following Boot the master computer into Acronis Master Image Creator from bootable media or Boot the master computer into Acronis Master Image Creator from the PXE Server A Acronis Master Image Creator L Windows Acronis Rescue Media WWW ACRONIS COM Turn Off Computer Continue to boot Wi The boot menu on the master computer 5 Select Acronis Master Image Creator in the boot menu While creating bootable media or uploading Acronis Master Image Creator to the PXE server the image creator can be configured to start automatically on timeout 6 The Master Image Creator establishes network connection to be able to save the image ona network share A dialog box comes up suggesting that you configure the network connection used by the image creator By default Acronis Master Image Creator uses DHCP auto configuration Ignore the prompt click Cancel if there is a DHCP s
46. The list of available hard disks is provided by the 1ist command An image may contain data of more than one hard disk In that case separate disk numbers by commas e g Acronis Inc 93 partition partition number Specifies the partitions to include into the image file The list of available partitions is provided by 1ist Partition numbers are specified as disk number partition number e g partition 1 1 1 2 3 1 raw Use this option to create an image of a disk partition with an unrecognized or unsupported file system This will copy all disk partition contents sector by sector Without this option only the sectors containing useful system and user data are imaged for the supported file systems progress on off Shows hides the progress information percent completed The progress is shown by default deploy harddisk disk number Specifies the hard disk in the image partition partition number Specifies the partitions in the image target harddisk disk number Specifies the target hard disk by number target partition part ition number Specifies the target partition number for deploying a partition over the existing one If the option is not specified the program assumes that the target partition number is the same as the partition number specified with the partition option start start sector Sets the start sector for
47. Windows Vista Ultimate x86 x64 WS MS Windows XP Professional WS MS Windows XP Professional x64 Edition WS MS Windows XP Professional SP3 WS The Acronis OS Deploy Server and the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console use the following ports and IP addresses for remote operation UDP port 9876 TCP port 9876 if busy choose a port at random IPv4 multicast address 239 255 219 45 Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console UDP port 9877 if busy choose a port at random The Acronis PXE Server uses the following ports and IP addresses UDP port 67 68 69 Broadcast address 255 255 255 255 For a remote installation the TCP port 25001 is used If you are using a firewall you might have to set the appropriate access options Acronis Inc 23 3 3 General rules of installation 3 3 1 Installation file Acronis Snap Deploy installation file includes the following components and the components features Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console Acronis Snap Deploy PE Builder Media Builder for Acronis Image Creator Media Builder for Acronis Snap Deploy Agent Media Builder for Acronis Standalone Utility Acronis License Server Acronis License Server Acronis License Server Management Console Acronis License Server Management Tool Acronis OS Deploy Server Acronis PXE Server Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent Acronis WOL Proxy y Install Acronis Snap Deploy Br Management Console Install Acronis OS Deploy Server
48. Wizard 7 5 1 Disks or partitions to image Select the disks or partitions to image You can select a random set of disks and partitions The Master Boot Record MBR will be also included in the image 46 Acronis Inc high risk that the operating system will not start Master Image Creation Wizard Imaged Disk Selection Select disks or volumes whose image you want to create Please select disks volumes a 3o Partition Disk 1 E Disk 2 v Parti F v wPart2 G O 9wPart3 H O swPart4 1 Disk 3 Flags O New 3 Disk 4 L sDisk2 D Total size 3 01 GB 7 5 2 Image name and location Capacity Type 1 042 GB 980 5 MB 1 011 GB 0 980 GB 7 990 GB 2 988 GB Select disks and partitions to image Acronis Master I mage Creator can save an image Select the image location in the device tree Type the name of the file in the Filename field The on a network share on the master computer internal hard drive on USB and FireWire IEEE 1394 storage devices hard drives flash drives attached to the master computer on DVD R RW DVD R RW CD R RW loaded in the master computer media drive A sizeable image can be split between multiple media automatically 2 102 MB FAT32 1 933 MB FAT32 2 042 MB FAT32 1 981 MB FAT32 15 97 MB FAT32 1 734 GB NTFS If your operating system and its loader reside on different partitions always include b
49. add the serial numbers from C AcronisEnglish txt to the license server Ltest 2 3 6 Installation of Acronis OS Deploy Server Acronis OS Deploy Server is a component that performs centralized deployment through the network with the help of Acronis Snap Deploy Agents Before installing Acronis OS Deploy Server you need to install the Acronis License Server and import license numbers to it for more information see the previous section To install Acronis OS Deploy Server 1 Run the Acronis Snap Deploy setup program 2 Click Install Acronis OS Deploy Server 3 Follow the Install Wizard instructions on the screen 4 Reboot on prompt The wizard will ask you for Acronis License Server Browse to the server or enter its name or IP address or let the server be found automatically on the network This will not decrease the number of deployment licenses The program just checks the availability of the licenses and stores the specified Acronis License Server parameters to be able to access the Acronis License Server later when the deployment is launched If during Acronis OS Deploy Server installation the License Server was specified by its IP address the Acronis OS Deploy Server will not be able to find it in future in case the specified IP address changes 28 Acronis Inc 3 7 Installation and setup of Acronis PXE Server Acronis PXE Server allows the network booting of the Acronis Snap Deploy Agent Acronis Master Image Creator
50. age Creator PE image from the PXE server since users might be confused by the unknown items appearing in the boot menu Then the program uploads to the PXE the templates selected by the administrator So you will have to upload the bootable utilities again if they are needed after switching off the custom deployment mode You can use another Acronis OS Deploy Server to perform manual scheduled or event driven deployment while one OS Deploy Server is in the custom deployment mode To do so ensure that the targets connect to the appropriate deployment server by specifying the OSDS on the bootable media or by configuring the Acronis Snap Deploy Agent at boot up The deploy servers cannot share the Acronis PXE Server though 84 Acronis Inc 14 3 Setting up the custom deployment mode Steps 1 10 11 12 Install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console and Acronis License Server Import licenses to the license server Install Acronis OS Deploy Server and Acronis PXE Server Create bootable media with Acronis Master Image Creator Configure and image the master system s Create and save the deployment templates according to your organization s needs Assign to each template a name that can be easily understood by the users Connect to the Acronis OS Deploy Server If some deployment operations are active either cancel the operations or wait until the operations are completed Click Switch to Custom Deployment Mode on the si
51. component cannot start hangs or cannot access the necessary device In this case try to elude using Linux drivers by building Bart PE or Win PE media with Acronis Snap Deploy command line utility lj liii Acronis Inc 41 6 Configuring PXE Server You can access Acronis PXE server configuration in the following ways when creating Acronis bootable media when creating bootable media for custom deployment mode using direct server configuration To perform the direct PXE server configuration 1 Start Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console 2 Click Configure PXE Server 3 Connect to the server Configure PXE Server click to upload Acronis Snap Deploy bootable components in the same way as when creating Acronis bootable media The previously uploaded components including PE image will be deleted from the PXE server before uploading the newly selected ones Upload PE to PXE Server click to upload the Preinstallation Environment image wim or iso previously created with Acronis Snap Deploy PE builder See details in 25 2 Uploading PE images to Acronis PXE Server Remove products from PXE Server click to remove any component or PE from the PXE server Disable PXE Server click to disable the PXE server The service does not stop but no longer responds to incoming requests Enable PXE Server click to enable the disabled PXE server a Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console Gog san DER 7 Operations
52. computer BIOS and set Power gt Wake On PCI PME gt Power On the exact names might vary depending on the BIOS version To enable the Wake on LAN feature on a Windows computer set the NIC properties on the computer as follows 76 Acronis Inc Control Panel gt System gt Device Manager gt Network adapters gt select the NI C gt Properties gt Advanced Enable PME gt Enabled Wake On Link Settings gt OS Controlled Wake On Settings gt Wake On Magic Packet 13 2 Scheduled deployment within one subnet When the scheduled time comes Acronis OS Deploy Server sends out magic packets according to the predefined list of MAC addresses A magic packet is a packet that contains 16 contiguous copies of the receiving NI C s Ethernet address The targets wake boot into Acronis Snap Deploy Agent from the Acronis PXE Server and connect to the deploy server When all or some depending on your choice targets connect the deploy server starts multicasting OS Deploy Server PXE Server License Server DHCP Management Server Console MAC b Addresses 1 N 3 o Scheduled deployment within one subnet Install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console and Acronis License Server Import licenses to the license server Install Acronis OS Deploy Server and Acronis PXE Server xs 2 Make sure that Wake on LAN is enabled on the target computers If you cannot or do not wish to use Wake on LAN on some or all of
53. content 7696 2 Acronis nc Table of Contents 1 Introducing Acronis Snap Deploy 6 11 ueeeeeeeeeee ee eeee eene nein un nana uana annua 6 IMMO ER 6 1 1 1 What is Acronis Snap Deploy eec ebede pene E CORDE CREDE E ER DRE x e EE nes 6 1 1 2 Who needs Acronis Snap Deploy sssssssseen nennen nnns 6 1 1 3 Acronis Snap Deploy infrastructure ssssseee nennen 6 1 2 What you can do with Acronis Snap Deploy 3 ssesee nns 7 1 2 1 Take an image of the master system Acronis Snap Deploy 2 0 functionality 7 1 2 2 Manual deployment Acronis Snap Deploy 2 0 functionality 7 1 2 3 Scheduled deployment new in v 3 emen 7 1 2 4 Event driven deployment new in v 3 sssssssee nen 8 1 2 5 Command line and scripting under Win PE new in v 3 ssssee HH 8 1 2 6 Standalone deployment new in v 3 sssssssse een 9 1 2 7 Custom Deployment User initiated deployment new in v 3 9 1 2 8 Deployment of a disk partition or MBR new in v 3 ns 10 1 2 9 Selective deployment MAC filtering new in v 3 10 1 2 10 Password protection new in v 3 sssssese meme nnns 10 1 2 11 Manage a remote computer Acronis Snap Deploy 2 0 functionality 10 1 3 What else Is new Ini V 32 5e oreet verb tg vibe vex ege Dre sib Rud ve xe Dex AE vex lx an 11 1 3 1 Encrypted communication eee eet ae pene iot een he Een a
54. d number is not reached This decouples configuring the deployment operation from booting up the target computers With manual deployment you boot up the targets first configure deployment for these targets and start the operation manually With event driven deployment you configure the deployment first no matter if the targets are ready or not and then boot up the targets The operation will start as soon as the targets are ready or optionally on time out The administrator is able to skip these events and initiate deployment manually Scenario An organization receives 100 computers from a manufacturer The IT department has to deploy systems preconfigured according to the employees roles to a predefined number of computers For example 10 computers for accountants 10 computers for the marketing department 70 computers for sales and 10 for the managers Steps l Install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console and Acronis License Server Import licenses to the license server Install Acronis OS Deploy Server 2 Create bootable media with Acronis Master Image Creator 3 Configure and image the master system 4 Create and save a deployment template The template includes a path to the master image Let s say the master image is configured for sales people 5 Doone ofthe following Create bootable media with Acronis Snap Deploy Agent or Install Acronis PXE Server connect the console to the PXE server and upload Acronis Snap
55. debar Select the templates to be added to the boot menu Custom Deployment Wizard List of Templates templates that will be available Name Created Description v Templates used in custom deployment lt Back Next gt Cancel Adding templates to the custom boot menu Select Create boot media Select whether you want to create removable media the media ISO or upload the templates to Acronis PXE Server Having saved the media ISO you can create as many media copies as the users need using third party CD DVD burning software The templates being uploaded to the PXE server can be protected with a password to prevent the templates from unauthorized execution The password prompt will come up before displaying the Acronis boot menu Review the operation summary and click Proceed The program creates the media with the custom boot menu Acronis OS Deploy Server switches to the custom deployment mode Acronis Inc 85 es Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console Gog san Operations view Tools Hep BROLO Opera A Custom Deployment Mode is On amp Custom Deployment Warnin Parameters V Cancel Deployment n Create Bootable Media for Custom Deployment not be able to start other scheduled or non scheduled deployment process Custom Deployment Templates Target Current Current Progress Total Progress Template in Use MAC Address Version 1g
56. e Name O Workgroup Operation 4 of 8 Configure security settings Change Security Identifiers Operation 5 of 8 Change domain membership Domain MyDomain Operation 6 of 8 Acronis Universal Deploy Enable the operating system to boot on different hardware 7 Acronis Operation 7 of 8 Shutdown operation Compute with confidence www acronis com Please click Save to save the template The summary window Acronis Inc 10 Standalone deployment Standalone deployment is deployment on a computer isolated from a network or included in a network without Acronis Snap Deploy infrastructure to be exact without Acronis OS Deploy Server Standalone deployment is performed locally using the bootable Acronis Standalone Utility The Acronis Universal Deploy option is not available in the standalone mode Steps l Install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console 2 Create bootable media with Acronis Master Image Creator and Acronis Standalone Utility Acronis Standalone Utility can be placed on a physical media only This component is not designed to boot from a PXE server Wii B Acronis Media Builder Rescue Media Contents Selection Select the Acronis components to be placed on the boot media Once the boot media is created you ris will be able to use it to boot a computer and run the selected components from the media a me Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console P 4 m Acronis Snap Deploy Agent Acronis
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58. e is the folder Choose WIM if you are going to upload the PE image to the PXE server Choose 1SO if you are going to put the PE image on physical media 4 Specify path to storage controller and NIC drivers that you want to add to Windows PE media Click Add and specify the path to the necessary inf file for a corresponding SCSI RAID SATA controller or a network adapter You will have to repeat this procedure for each driver you want to be included in the resulting Win PE boot media 5 Check your settings in the summary screen and click Proceed 6 Burn the 1SO to DVD using a third party tool or copy to a flash drive For how to upload the WIM to Acronis PXE Server see the next section 15 2 Uploading PE images to Acronis PXE Server You can upload to Acronis PXE Server either PE 1 0 1SO or PE 2 0 WIM To be able to upload a PE 1 0150 copy the 1386 folder from your Windows distribution CD to the hard disk 1 Start Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console 2 Click Configure PXE Server 3 Connect to the server 4 Click Upload PE to PXE Server 5 Do one of the following Specify path to PE 1 0 1SO file to upload or Specify path to PE 2 0 WIM file to upload 90 Acronis Inc 6 Do one of the following depending on your choice in step 5 Specify path to the 1386 folder or Specify path to the Windows AIK folder 7 Check your settings in the summary screen and click Proceed A PE image based on Win PE 2 0 requ
59. e to explore or the initial system image for the purpose of self restore Acronis Inc 83 Unit2 Exercise 1 E gt gy Unit 1 Exercise 1 Windows Acronis Rescue Media WWW ACRONIS COM Tum Off Computer m poen E i dca and The custom boot menu A user can start deployment with any of the two templates or boot into Windows the first letter of the template name The cursor will jump on a template which name begins with the AES To find the target template in custom boot menu templates list press a letter key which corresponds to pm pressed letter The custom deployment mode is intended for continual work without administrator s assistance Once the mode is set other methods of deployment manual scheduled event driven deployment become unavailable Any scheduled task that has to start while the custom deployment mode is on will not start Only users the ones on the target side can initiate deployment However the administrator can view logs create new deployment templates change the custom deployment configuration add edit or remove boot menu items and perform other management operations except for deployment To initiate deployment on the console side the administrator switches off the custom deployment mode 14 2 Considerations and tips When enabling or configuring the custom deployment mode with PXE the program first removes all bootable utilities Acronis Snap Deploy Agent Acronis Master Im
60. e with it the newly deployed partition will not become active Therefore deploy an active partition to an active partition if you want to boot from the deployed partition Deploying more than one partition will clear partitioning of the target disk Only the newly deployed partitions will exist on the disk after deployment The Master Boot Record MBR is always deployed from the image regardless of your choice If your operating system and its loader reside on different partitions always include both partitions in the image The partitions must also be deployed together otherwise there is a high risk that the operating system will not start 54 Acronis Inc Create Deployment Template Wizard Yolume Selection Select a disk or volume you want to deploy Partition Flags Capacity _ Free Space Type Disk 2 Selecting disk partitions to deploy 9 2 3 Target disk and partition selection Select the target disk for deployment By default the image will be deployed to the hard disk which is specified in BIOS as number 1 0X80 Create Deployment Template Wizard Target Disk Selection Select a disk of a target computer to which to deploy the master image Select a disk to deploy to C Disk number in BIOS 2 Description Ji M the master image will be deployed to the hard disk which is specified in BIOS as number 1 0x80 Selecting the target disk Select the ta
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62. ent Driven Deployment Schedule Deployment Task 0 1 160 D7 01 3 0 Cancel Deployment Custom Deployment llf Switch to Custom Deployment Mode Tools Eyl Create Bootable Media ie Install Acronis Components ve Show Loa Type Module Error Code Date Message 20 mapta 2008 r 17 50 15 iil 9 Options 1 G Information 100 O 0x640000 20 03 2008 17 41 12 Deploy server started Help 2 Information 100 0 0x640000 20 03 2008 17 50 15 Host 10 1 160 178 w p Web Support 3 Information 100 O 0x640000 20 03 2008 17 50 15 Session Default Join amp User s Guide Acronis OS Deploy Server the agent is ready for deployment Acronis Inc 71 72 Click Manual Deployment on the sidebar Select the computers to deploy to from the list of the connected computers Select the previously created deployment template or configure the deployment operation as described in 9 2 1 9 2 12 Review the deployment operation summary and click Proceed to start the deployment Acronis Inc 12 Event driven deployment Deployment can be configured to start when the predefined number of computers is ready The Acronis OS Deploy Server counts how many computers have connected to the server and starts multicasting when the desired number of computers is reached The administrator can specify a time out period On time out deployment will start on the computers that are ready despite that the predefine
63. er Image Creation Options You can set options will be used during master image creation Choose the category in the tree and set the options in the right pane E Image protection l ip Compression level Imaging process priority ibti Select one of the compression levels below The higher Image splitting A iae E compression ratio the less image size but the imaging Additional settings process can take longer C None 8 Normal C High C Maximum Description The estimated size of the backup archive is 1 798 GB and the estimated creation time is 5 minutes For the selected compression level Selecting the data compression level 3 FOR ONLI NE I MAGI NG ONLY I mage creation priority The preset is Low The priority of any process running in a system determines the amount of CPU usage and system resources allocated to that process Decreasing the image creation priority will free more resources for other CPU tasks Increasing of image creation priority could speed up the imaging by taking resources from the other running processes The effect will depend on total CPU usage and other factors 4 Archive splitting Sizeable images can be split into several files that together make up the original image The preset is Automatic With this setting the program will act as follows When creating an image on a hard disk If the selected disk has enough space and its file system allows the estimated
64. er subnet Acronis Standalone Utility is a bootable component that enables full functional deployment with GUI on a standalone computer a computer isolated from the network or included in a network without Acronis Snap Deploy infrastructure Acronis License Server is a component that tracks licenses of Acronis products Acronis Universal Deploy optional is an add on to Acronis Snap Deploy that enables hardware independent operating system deployment Acronis Inc 2 3 Support for file systems and storage media 2 3 1 Supported file systems Acronis Snap Deploy provides full featured imaging and deployment of the following file systems FAT16 32 NTFS Ext2 Ext3 ReiserFS Reiser4 Linux SWAP XFS JFS 2 3 2 Supported media Acronis Master I mage Creator can save an image on a network share on the master computer internal hard drive on USB and FireWire IEEE 1394 storage devices hard drives flash drives attached to the master computer on DVD R RW DVD R RW CD R RW loaded in the master computer media drive A sizeable image can be split between multiple media automatically Acronis OS Deploy Server can deploy images located in network shared folders on the deploy server internal hard drive on USB and FireWire IEEE 1394 storage devices hard drives flash drives attached to the deploy server on DVD R RW DVD R RW CD R RW loaded in the deploy server media drive The best practice is keeping images on the deploy server
65. erver AND all or some of the target computers are in subnet s other than Acronis OS Deploy Server 3 4 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console is an administrative tool for remote access to Acronis servers and Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent Install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console on any networked computer from which you prefer to operate To install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console 1 Run the Acronis Snap Deploy setup program 2 Click Install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console 3 Follow the Install Wizard instructions on the screen Typical and complete installations install besides Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console Media Builder for Acronis mage Creator Media Builder for Acronis Snap Deploy Agent and Media Builder for Acronis Standalone Utility We strongly recommend that you install all the features that enable creation of bootable CD DVD or other removable media with bootable Acronis components Once Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console is installed you can install the other components remotely using the console s remote installation feature for more information see 4 2 nstallation and update of Acronis components on remote computers 3 5 Installation of Acronis License Server 3 5 1 Installation Acronis License Server is a component that tracks licenses of Acronis products Install Acronis License Server on a computer accessible t
66. erver on the network or the image has to be placed on a local HDD or media 44 Acronis Inc Acronis Master Image Creator To configure Acronis Master Image Creator click OK Prompt for configuring the master image creator The image creator can be pre configured to apply the default network settings automatically on timeout The manual configuration is needed if auto configuration is not possible no DHCP server on the network or does not succeed To configure the network connections manually click OK in the prompt window Acronis Master Image Creator Product Configuration Change product settings S Network adapters Network adapter Li Hardware address Status Media type v Auto configuration DHCP IP address Subnet mask DNS suffix Default gateways DNS servers WINS servers PCnet32 or PCnetPCl based Ethernet card 00 0C 29 59 D 7 01 Cable connected Use Auto Negotiation Used 10 1 160 178 255 255 248 0 corp com 10 1 160 1 10 1 32 60 10 1 32 61 Acronis Master I mage Creator configuration network settings Set the preferable values and click OK OK Cancel 7 When Acronis Master mage Creator starts it displays the Master Image Creator welcome window Acronis Inc 45 8 Master Image Creation Wizard Acronis Welcome to the Master Image Creation Wizard Snap Deploy This wizard will hel
67. et up the deployment schedule One time only the task will be executed once at the specified time and day Daily or several times a day the task will be executed once a day or once in several days Weekly the task will be executed once a week or once in several weeks on the selected day Monthly the task will be executed once a month on the selected day Do not forget that the target computers must be powered off or booted into the Acronis Snap Deploy Agent before the scheduled time comes 15 Review the scheduled task summary and click Proceed to save the task 16 Select the Scheduled Deployment Tasks tab and make sure that the task is saved 17 When the task is started the connected computers IPs and the task progress will be displayed on the Deployment tab 18 When the task is finished its log will be available in the Acronis OS Deploy Server log 19 13 3 Scheduled deployment in other subnet Computers in other subnets can be woken through a WOL proxy The WOL Proxy agent is delivered with Acronis Snap Deploy When the scheduled time comes Acronis OS Deploy Server sends out magic packets according to the predefined list of MAC addresses A magic packet is a packet that contains 16 contiguous copies of the receiving NI C s Ethernet address Acronis WOL Proxy transfers the packets to targets located in other subnet The targets wake boot into Acronis Snap Deploy Agent from the Acronis PXE Server and connect to the deplo
68. ettings to be applied to the deployed systems DNS names user accounts etc Operations to be performed on the deployed systems transfer files execute applications shut down restart Te mE 9 1 Why save templates Deployment templates can be saved on the Acronis OS Deploy Server Once you save a deployment template you can use it in the future When setting up a manual scheduled or event driven deployment simply select a template and set up the condition for starting deployment Otherwise you will have to configure the above parameters while setting up the deployment operation Templates also enable the custom deployment mode In this mode users can perform one click deployment on their computers without the administrator s assistance To set up this mode the administrator must create the standard deployment templates in advance The saved templates are listed in the Templates tab A template can be viewed edited or deleted from the Acronis OS Deploy Server 9 2 Creating templates 1 Connect the console to the Acronis OS Deploy Server 2 Select the Templates tab 3 Click Create Template on the sidebar Further sections of this chapter tell you how to use the Create Deployment Template Wizard 9 2 1 Master image selection Specify The master image The user name and password for the network shared folder if the image is on the network The best practice is to map the shared folder as a local drive Windows Explorer gt
69. f reasonable BI OS configurations If you don t insert bootable media the computer will boot from the network Network boot from AMD Am 9C970A ECTS Enter Setting up the BIOS example for network boot Acronis Inc 29 In some BIOS versions you have to save changes to BIOS after enabling the network interface card so that the card appears in the list of boot devices If the hardware has multiple network interface cards make sure that the card supported by the BIOS has the network cable plugged in 3 7 3 Setting up the PXE to work in other subnet To enable the Acronis PXE Server to work in other subnet across the switch configure the switch to relay the PXE traffic The PXE server IP addresses are configured on a per interface basis using IP helper functionality in the same way as DHCP server addresses For more information please refer to http support microsoft com default aspx kb 257579 3 8 Installation of Acronis WOL Proxy Acronis Wake on LAN Proxy enables the Acronis OS Deploy Server to wake the target computers located in the other subnet Acronis WOL Proxy has to be installed only if you are going to perform scheduled deployment manual or event driven deployment do not require WOL Proxy AND all or some of the target computers are in subnet s other than Acronis OS Deploy Server Install Acronis WOL Proxy on any server in the same subnet as the target computers No additional actions are required To
70. for example installation files The files must be located on a network share Check Execute file if you want to execute the files after deployment 9 2 9 Executing applications OPTI ONAL You can specify service applications from the master system image for executing on the target computers after deployment 9 2 10 Using Acronis Universal Deploy OPTIONAL Acronis Universal Deploy is an add on to Acronis Snap Deploy It is purchased separately and installed from a separate setup file Skip this section if one of the following is true you do not have Acronis Universal Deploy you want to deploy an image that does not contain Windows 1 Select whether to use Acronis Universal Deploy Acronis Inc 59 Acronis Universal Deploy will help you create a bootable Windows clone on different hardware by automatically installing the necessary system drivers Use Acronis Universal Deploy when deploying Windows to a computer with a dissimilar processor different motherboard or other mass storage device than in the imaged system For detailed information see 2 5 What is Acronis Universal Deploy Create Deployment Template Wizard Acronis Universal Deploy You can specify whether to use Acronis Universal Deploy technology On this page you can select whether to use Acronis Universal Deploy Using Acronis Universal Deploy you are able to restore image of a system volume on any computer regardless of hardware configuration it has Also y
71. g logs To view operation logs of the Acronis OS Deploy Server or Acronis PXE Server connect the console to the server Logs are displayed in the lower part of the console window The log browsing window can be accessed by selecting Tools gt Show log The log browsing window contains two panes the left one features the log list while the right one shows selected log contents The left panel can contain up to 50 logs If there are more you can browse the list using the More and Less buttons with the left and right arrows To delete a log select it and click Delete If any step was terminated by an error the corresponding log will be marked with a red circle with a white X inside The right window features the list of steps contained in the selected log The three buttons to the right control message filters the white X in the red circle filters error messages the exclamation sign in a yellow triangle filters warnings and the i in the blue circle filters information messages To select columns step parameters to display right click the headers line or left click the Choose Details button Then check the desired parameters To sort messages by a particular parameter click its header click again to reverse order or the Arrange I cons by button the second from the right and select the desired parameter You can also change column width by dragging the borders with a mouse Acronis Inc 37 5 Creating Acronis bo
72. hard drive This minimizes network traffic during deployment The image created on removable media has to fit into one media disk To deploy an image spread over several CDs DVDs or other media copy all parts of the image to the same folder on the deploy server or on a network share Acronis Standalone Utility can deploy images located in network shared folders on USB and FireWire IEEE 1394 storage devices hard drives flash drives attached to the managed computer on DVD R RW DVD R RW CD R RW loaded in the managed computer media drive The image created on removable media has to fit into one media disk To deploy an image spread over several CDs DVDs or other media copy all parts of the image to the same folder on an external drive or a network share 2 4 Usage This section gives a general idea of using the product and does not contain the detailed instructions on how to perform operations Nevertheless advanced users are welcome to use this section as a step by step quick start guide The details can be found in the further User s Guide sections Acronis Inc 17 2 4 1 Offline imaging Offline imaging means that the master system is stopped and the master computer boots into Acronis or PE environment l Configure the master system 2 Install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console 3 Doone of the following Create bootable media with Acronis Master Image Creator or PE with Acronis Snap Deploy command line utili
73. he deployment is completed the computers boot up from their hard disks The program can shut down or restart the computers according to the settings you made Sometimes you will have to complete configuration of devices otherwise the computers are ready to work Activation of the operating system is needed though 1 2 3 Scheduled deployment new in v 3 Deployment can be run on a schedule Scheduling presumes that when the scheduled time comes the program will power on the target computers with predefined MAC addresses using the BIOS Wake On LAN WOL functionality Computers in other subnets can be woken through a WOL proxy agent delivered with Acronis Snap Deploy Computers that do not support WOL can be booted into Acronis environment manually before the scheduled time comes Such computers will also be deployed provided that their MAC addresses are included in the total list Acronis Inc 7 Scenarios l An organization receives a shipment of computers from a manufacturer along with the list of their MAC addresses The IT department has to deploy the operating system to the new hardware 2 An Internet caf school or university lab has 100 computers with known MAC addresses The nightly deployment of the initial standard image on these computers is needed 1 2 4 Event driven deployment new in v 3 Deployment can be run when the predefined number of computers is ready The program counts how many computers have con
74. hine Manage Deployment connect to Acronis OS Deploy Server Create Master Image connect to Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent or start Acronis Media Builder Check master image connect to Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent Create Bootable media with Acronis Snap Deploy Agent connection is not needed Manage Licenses connect to Acronis License Server Install Acronis components connection is not needed Configure Acronis PXE Server connect to Acronis PXE Server Acronis Inc 35 Manage files connect to Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent Execute Applications connect to Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent 4 2 Installation and update of Acronis components on remote computers The following components of Acronis Snap Deploy can be installed remotely Acronis OS Deploy Server Acronis License Server Acronis PXE Server Acronis WOL Proxy Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent Preparation For a successful installation on a remote computer running any Windows XP version the option Control panel gt Folder options gt View gt Use simple file sharing must be disabled on that computer For a successful installation on a remote computer running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows 2003 Server the option Control panel gt Windows Firewall gt Exceptions gt File and Printer Sharing in the Control panel gt Windows Firewall gt Exceptions must be enabled on that computer Acroni
75. igured to start automatically on timeout 5 The agent has to establish network connection to be able to connect to Acronis OS Deploy Server A dialog box comes up suggesting that you configure the network connection used by Acronis Snap Deploy Agent Acronis Snap Deploy Agent To configure Acronis Snap Deploy Agent click OK OK gms Prompt for configuring the agent on the target side By default the agent will use DHCP auto configuration and connect to the first deploy server that is found on the network You can ignore the prompt click Cancel if there is a DHCP server and only one Acronis OS Deploy Server on the network The agent can be pre configured to apply the default settings automatically on timeout To configure the network connections manually click OK in the prompt window You can set up TCP IP settings for each network interface of the target computer Acronis Snap Deploy Agent uses DHCP auto configuration by default The manual configuration is needed if auto configuration is not possible no DHCP server on the network or does not succeed The Acronis OS Deploy Server the agent will connect to This setting allows you to have multiple deployment servers that perform different functions on the same network The deployment server can be specified also when creating bootable media with Acronis Snap Deploy Agent If not specified in either way the server will be found automatically Acronis Snap Deploy Agent
76. ile the deployed partition becomes primary If no other primary partitions remain on the disk the deployed partition is set to active When deploying a partition on unallocated space the program extracts the partition type from the image For the primary partition the type will be set as follows if the target disk is the 1st according to BIOS and it has no other primary partitions the deployed partition will be set to active if the target disk is the 1st according to BIOS and there are other primary partitions on it the deployed partition will be set to logical if the target disk is not the 1st the deployed partition will be set to logical preserve mbr When deploying a partition over an existing one the target partition is deleted from the disk along with its entry in the target disk MBR Then with the preserve mbr option the deployed partition s entry will occupy the upper empty position in the target disk MBR Thus the target disk MBR is preserved If not specified the deployed partition s entry will occupy the same position as in the source disk MBR saved in the image If the position is not empty the existing entry will be moved to another position patching sid Generate the unique security identifier SID for the target computer If not specified the SID of the master system will be preserved license server th server IP Specifies the license server if the PE was booted from the PXE serve
77. image aaa tib Current operation progress Total progress 9 minutes remaining J Acronis m Compute with confidence num w ww acronis com Custom deployment in progress view on the target side 86 Acronis Inc 14 4 Changing parameters of the custom deployment mode To change the templates or the boot menu password used in the custom deployment mode you will have to re configure the custom deployment mode 1 If some user initiated deployment operations are active either stop the operations or wait until the operations are completed 2 Click Custom Deploy Parameters on the sidebar and repeat steps 6 10 in section 14 3 14 5 Closing the custom deployment mode 1 If some user initiated deployment operations are active either stop the operations or wait until the operations are completed 2 Click Switch off the custom deployment mode on the sidebar 3 In case the custom deployment mode used Acronis PXE Server the program has to remove custom boot media from the server Type in the credentials for the PXE server if prompted Acronis Inc 87 15 Command line and scripting under Win PE and Bart PE Windows Preinstallation Environment Win PE is a minimal Windows system based on the Windows XP Professional the Windows Server 2003 or the Windows Vista kernels Win PE is commonly used by OEMs and corporations for deployment test diagnostic and system repair purposes Acronis S
78. increasing quantity of first figures start2 the second figure in a two figured number count2 increasing quantity of second figures 1 3 1 4 This will generate names 11 12 13 14 21 22 23 24 31 32 33 34 1 9 0 10 This will generate names 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 99 Text start1 count1 start2 count2 Computer 2 3 5 4 This will generate names Computer25 Computer26 Computer27 Computer28 Computer35 Computer36 Computer37 Computer38 Computer45 Computer46 Computer47 Computer48 Acronis Inc 57 9 2 6 Network settings Configure the Internet Protocol IP settings for the target computers You have options to preserve the master system network settings to obtain IP addresses automatically from DHCP server or to specify a range of static IP s subnet mask and default gateway in case you network does not have DHCP capability Create Deployment Template Wizard Network Settings Specify TCP IP properties For the target computers Q Use the following IP addresses IP address range from l To I Subnet mask js L Default gateway Q Use the network settings of the master image Description Select this option if you want the IP addresses for target computers to be obtained automatically A Network settings TCP IP OPTI ONAL If you have not selected to preserve the master system settings specify DNS propertie
79. indows 2000 Professional SP4 Yes Yes WS MS Windows 7 Home Basic x86 x64 Yes Yes WS MS Windows 7 Home Premium x86 x64 Yes Yes WS MS Windows 7 Professional x86 x64 Yes Yes WS MS Windows 7 Ultimate x86 x64 Yes Yes WS MS Windows Vista Home Basic x86 x64 Yes Yes WS MS Windows Vista Home Premium x86 x64 Yes Yes WS MS Windows Vista Business x86 x64 Yes Yes WS MS Windows Vista Ultimate x86 x64 Yes Yes WS MS Windows XP Home Yes Yes WS MS Windows XP Professional Yes Yes WS MS Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Yes Yes WS MS Windows XP Professional SP2 Yes Yes WS MS Windows XP Professional SP3 Yes Yes WS MS Windows NT 4 0 Server Yes No S MS Windows 98 Me Yes No WS Linux kernel 2 4 9 2 6 x Yes No S Acronis Inc 11 S server license WS workstation license Acronis Snap Deploy enables with certain limitations some operations or options will not be available imaging and deployment of any PC based operating system For example Windows 98 NT ME NT 4 0 Server Linux kernel 2 4 9 2 6 x can be deployed only as is on the fly settings adjustment is not performed The Acronis Universal Deploy option is not applicable to Windows 98 NT ME and NT 4 0 Server 1 5 License policy Acronis Snap Deploy licensing is based on the number of deployed and or managed computers servers or workstations For example to deploy a system on 100 computers you need 100 deployment licenses No additional licenses are required
80. inistrator writes a deployment script that can read the target s MAC address for example 01 02 03 04 05 06 and pull an image with a name corresponding to the MAC address for example image 01 02 03 04 05 06 tib from any convenient location The script can be executed on any number of targets 2 The administrator might need to start imaging or deployment automatically each time a networked computer boots from the PXE server The administrator creates an imaging or deployment script adds the script to the PE and includes the script in the szartnet cmd file On booting into the PE the operation will be performed automatically 3 The administrator might need to automatically execute pre deployment operations disk partitioning for example on the networked computers 8 Acronis Inc The administrator creates a script that performs pre deployment operations adds the script along with deployment script to the PE and includes both scripts in the startnet cmd file On booting into the PE both operations will be performed automatically 4 The administrator might need to execute imaging or deployment in Win PE environment if the Acronis environment lacks Linux drivers for some exotic hardware Limitation Acronis Snap Deploy command line utility can generate a new SID but cannot adjust other settings on the fly To change the computer name domain or workgroup membership and other settings apply the Microsoft System Preparation Tool
81. ires at least 256MB RAM to work The recommended memory size for PE 2 0 is 512MB 15 3 ASD command line syntax 15 3 1 Supported commands Acronis Snap Deploy command line utility has the following format asdcmd command optionl option2 Commands may be accompanied with options Some options are common for most asdcmd commands while others are specific for individual commands Below is a list of supported commands and compatible options Command Common Options Specific Options create filename file name harddisk disk number password password partition partition number Creates an image of net_user username file partition partition specified disks and nect password password letter raw partitions incremental progress on off differential compression 0 9 split size in MB oss_numbers reboot log file name log_net_user remot user log_net_password passwo rd Acronis Inc 91 deploy Deploys disks and partitions including the MBR from an image filename file name password password net user username net password password oss numbers reboot log file name log net user remot user log net password passwo rd harddisk disk number partition partition number target_harddisk disk number target_partition partition number start start sector fatl6 32 size partition
82. is Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English VQDJ7 WZ775 20 03 2008 R Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English FX9D5 6XVLR 20 03 2008 Help Q Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English HN9JV 25P6Y 20 03 2008 Web Support a Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English 3ANLA 6LZWH 20 03 2008 K User s Guide SA Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English UVW4U UNSX 20 03 2008 e Gog san The license server has 10 server licenses Acronis Inc 27 3 5 3 Adding licenses in command line mode If you have installed Acronis License Server Management Tool you can add licenses to the Acronis License Server in the command line mode 1 Run cmd exe Windows Command Prompt 2 Goto the folder where Acronis License Server is installed By default it is Program Files Acronis LicenseServer 3 Enter the following command LicenseServerCmdLine import file servername filename where servername name of the computer where Acronis License Server is installed filename name ofthe file txt or eml with the serial numbers Example cx C WINDOWS system32 cmd exe Microsoft Windows Version 5 2 3790 lt C Copyright 1985 2663 Microsoft Corp C Documents and Settings adm tor gt cd c program files acronis licenseserver C Program Files fAcronis LicenseServer gt licenseservercmdline import file Ltest 2 c acronisenglish txt Imported 1 new 11icense C Program Files fAcronis LicenseServer gt This will
83. luded in the list of target MAC addresses the machine will boot into Acronis Snap Deploy Agent despite that Booting from HDD is configured as the default boot menu item Tuning a PXE server implies that you can guarantee that the woken machines will be served by this PXE server Normally you have only one PXE server in the given subnet Once tuned to the certain OSDS the PXE server remains tuned at this setting unless it is tuned to another OSDS by another scheduled task If this setting has never been configured the woken machine will boot into the component that is configured to start automatically Type in localhost if the PXE server and the deployment server are on the same machine Deployment Task Wizard Tune PXE Server Computer v Logon settings User name Password C Save password Description The PXE Server you specify will be tuned to work with the OS Deploy Server you are connected to The PXE Server will redirect bootmenu configuration requests that come from the woken targets to the current OS Deploy Server The goal of this setting is to boot the woken machine into Acronis Snap Deploy Agent even if another component on the PXE server is configured to start automatically Type in localhost if the PXE server and the deployment server are on the same machine Tune PXE server 12 Select whether to start deployment one by one as computers connect to the deploy server or to wait fo
84. ment agent 30 Acronis Inc To install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent Run the Acronis Snap Deploy setup program Click Install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent Follow the Install Wizard instructions on the screen The wizard will ask you for Acronis License Server Browse to the server or enter its name or IP address or let the server be found automatically on the network oe There must be at least one Acronis Snap Deploy license of appropriate type on the license server A license for the server product is needed to install the agent on a server operating system A license for the workstation product is needed to install the agent on a workstation operating system A server license can be used instead of a workstation license through a prompt The management agent installation will decrease the number of free licenses by one 5 Reboot on prompt 3 10 Installation of Acronis Universal Deploy Acronis Universal Deploy is an add on to Acronis Snap Deploy It is purchased separately and installed from a separate setup file Acronis Universal Deploy can be installed only on a computer where Acronis OS Deploy Server is installed Acronis Universal Deploy can be installed on a networked computer either locally by running the setup program or remotely To install Acronis Universal Deploy remotely extract the setup file msi to a network share see below and install Acronis Universal Deploy in the same way as other Ac
85. modifications prohibit or hamper such corrections or cause the malfunction or ii supply code corrections to correct insubstantial problems at the next general release of the Software More information about contacting Acronis Technical Support is available at the following link http www acronis com enterprise support 14 u Acronis I nc 2 Understanding Acronis Snap Deploy This chapter describes the Acronis Snap Deploy infrastructure components and their interaction 2 1 Terminology The following table lists the common terms and descriptions used in this document Master system Master image I mage Online imaging Offline imaging Deployment Standalone deployment Target disk Target computer Target Deployment template Template Administrator Custom deployment mode Acronis Inc The system to be deployed A file that contains the master system in a packaged form The file has a tib extension Taking an image while the master system is in a production state the operating system is running on the master computer Taking an image while the master computer is booted into Acronis or Windows preinstallation environment Transferring the operating system OS applications and data from the master image file to a physical hard disk In most cases deployment is performed by multicasting the image through the network Deployment on a computer isolated from a network or included i
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87. n a network without Acronis Snap Deploy infrastructure Standalone deployment is performed locally using the bootable Acronis Snap Deploy component The physical disk to be deployed to an internal hard disk of the target computer The hardware to be deployed to Configuration parameters of the deployment operation 1 Path to the master image 2 The operation mode multicast or unicast how to handle the target disk free space etc 3 Settings to be applied to the deployed systems DNS names user accounts etc 4 Operations to be performed on the deployed systems transfer files execute applications shut down restart Once you save a deployment template you can use it in the future The person who has rights to manage Acronis Snap Deploy infrastructure The mode when deployment can be initiated on the target side only 15 User The person on the target side who initiates the custom deployment This term relates to the custom deployment mode only 2 2 Components Acronis Snap Deploy includes the following components 1 10 16 Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console is an administrative tool for remote access to Acronis servers and Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent When disconnected from the Acronis components the console allows only installing Acronis products on remote machines Acronis OS Deploy Server is a component that performs centralized deployment through the network with the help of Acronis
88. nap Deploy Management Agent on the master system locally or remotely using Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console This will take a license from the license server Reboot on prompt Once Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent is installed you can image the master system online without reboot at any time 4 Connect the console to the master system click Create Master Image gt Next gt Create master image on a remote computer Follow the Create Image Wizard instructions to configure and launch the imaging operation The image can be saved on a network share detachable or removable media Install Management Agent Take image using Management Agent License Server checks license OS Management Console Online imaging 2 4 3 Deployment The following illustrates the Acronis components functionality by the example of manual deployment During event driven and scheduled deployment the components perform similarly Deployment presumes that you have created a master image so at least the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console is installed l Install Acronis License Server Import licenses to the license server Install Acronis OS Deploy Server 2 Doone ofthe following Acronis Inc 19 Create bootable media with Acronis Snap Deploy Agent or PE with Acronis Snap Deploy command line utility or Install Acronis PXE Server connect the console to the PXE server and upload Acronis Snap Deploy Agent or PE with Acroni
89. nap Deploy provides a command line utility that can be added to a Windows Preinstallation Environment Win PE image The Acronis Universal Deploy add on if installed will also be included in the PE The administrator can then upload the PE to a PXE server or transfer the PE image onto removable media Having booted a machine in Preinstallation Environment the administrator can perform imaging or deployment in the command line mode or execute scripts Section 15 4 Sample scenarios provides examples of what you can do in PE Limitation Acronis Snap Deploy command line utility can generate a new SID but cannot adjust other settings on the fly To change the computer name domain or workgroup membership and other settings apply the Microsoft System Preparation Tool Sysprep to the master system and specify the new settings in the Sysprep inf answer file 15 1 Adding ASD command line utility to PE 15 1 1 Acronis Snap Deploy PE Builder Acronis Snap Deploy PE Builder is a dedicated component for adding Acronis Snap Deploy command line utility to PE image Acronis Snap Deploy PE Builder is installed with the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console Typical or Complete installation You can install the PE Builder alone using the Custom way of installation 88 Acronis Inc i Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console Custom Setup Select the way you want the features to be installed Click on an icon in the list below to change how a fea
90. ndows mini setup for plug and play devices applies the computer name domain or workgroup membership and other settings specified in the Sysprep inf answer file Use Sysprep on the master system if the system image will be deployed in Preinstallation Environment with Acronis Snap Deploy command line utility The command line utility cannot generate a SID or adjust settings on the fly it simply deploys the system as is In Acronis environment any case except for command line mode Acronis Snap Deploy automatically configures the deployed system using parameters you set in the deployment template Therefore you have the choice of using the functionality of either Sysprep or Acronis Snap Deploy You can download Sysprep from www microsoft com or extract it from deploy cab located on Windows NT 2000 XP Server 2003 installation CD We strongly recommend that you read articles about Sysprep and disk duplication in the Microsoft Knowledge Base 7 2 Online vs offline imaging A master image can be taken online in Windows using Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent installed on the master Management Agent and create a master image using Acronis Master Image Creator or the command line utility in PE The next sections describe imaging with Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent and Acronis Master mage Creator For information about imaging in PE please see 15 Command line and scripting under Win PE 7 3 Starting offline imaging Acronis
91. nected to the deployment server and starts multicasting when the predefined number of computers is connected The administrator can specify a time out period On time out deployment will start on the computers that are ready despite that the predefined number is not reached Scenario l An organization receives 100 computers from a manufacturer The IT department has to deploy systems preconfigured according to the employees roles to the predefined number of computers For example 10 computers for accountants 10 computers for the marketing department 70 computers for sales and 10 for the managers 1 2 5 Command line and scripting under Win PE new in v 3 Acronis Snap Deploy provides a command line utility that can be added to a Windows Preinstallation Environment Win PE image The administrator uploads the customized PE image to a PXE server or transfers the PE image onto removable media Having booted a machine in the Preinstallation Environment the administrator can perform imaging or deployment in the command line mode or execute scripts Using Acronis Snap Deploy in Windows Preinstallation Environment allows a combination of both the products facilities and provides more functionality than using only Acronis bootable media The following scenarios can be implemented using Acronis Snap Deploy command line and Win PE Scenarios l The administrator might need to deploy diverse images on each of the networked computers The adm
92. o Acronis OS Deploy Server Installing both products on the same computer would make sense A typical installation installs Acronis License Server and the Acronis License Server Management Console A complete installation installs besides these two Acronis License Server Management Tool A custom installation lets you choose components to install 26 Acronis Inc The Acronis License Server Management Tool is a simple command line utility for controlling Acronis License Server Acronis License Server Management Console provides an easy to use GUI Alternatively you can control Acronis License Server using Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console So you can choose to install only the Acronis License Server If you have already installed Acronis License Server that came with another Acronis product you still need to install Acronis License Server that came with Acronis Snap Deploy You can install both license servers on the same computer The Acronis License Server then will be seen as a common server for all Acronis products There is no need to install Acronis License Server Management Console or Acronis License Server Management Tool once again because you already have the necessary management instruments To install Acronis License Server 1 Run the Acronis Snap Deploy setup program 2 Click Install Acronis License Server 3 Follow the Install Wizard instructions on the screen 4 Reboot on prompt After installation
93. o boot the targets into the agent before deployment set Booting from HDD as the default boot menu item to boot the targets into the deployed OS after the deployment set up a reasonable timeout so that the OS can start automatically 9 Create a list of target MAC addresses This can be a plain text file comment 00 01 23 45 67 1A comment 02 01 23 45 67 1B 10 Connect to the Acronis OS Deploy Server and click Scheduled Deployment on the sidebar 80 Acronis Inc 11 Import or type in the list of MAC addresses 12 Select Wake on LAN Proxy and type in the Acronis WOL Proxy s IP address and the access credentials Test the credentials Deployment Task Wizard Wake On LaN Options Specify a method to be used for Wake On LAN Wake the target computers that are powered off using CO wake IP address User name Password Description Select this option if the target computers are not in the same subnet as the Acronis OS Deploy Server Specifying Acronis WOL Proxy 13 The next window suggests that you tune the PXE server to use with the deployment server you are connected to The goal of this setting is to boot the woken machine into Acronis Snap Deploy Agent even if another component on the PXE server is configured to start automatically See details in the previous section 14 Select whether to start deployment one by one as computers connect to the deploy server or to wait for all computers to connect
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95. olders on the remote computer and paste them to your local machine and vice versa Paste file or folder from clipboard Select the target directory gt Paste Rename file or folder Select the file or folder gt Rename Enter new name gt OK Delete file or folder Select the file or folder gt Delete gt OK 16 2 Executing applications on a remote computer You can schedule execution of service applications such as batch files or scripts on a remote machine through Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent The purpose of running applications is to make changes to the deployed system The applications run silently in the background so please do not try to run applications such as Explorer Notepad or any other application that has the user interface For example you can execute the Movefile bat file which contains the following commands mkdir c Folder copy c Somefile txt c Folder del c Somefile txt This will create the new folder V Folder and place the Somefile txt file into the folder Install the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent on the managed machine Connect the console to the managed machine Select Run application from the list of operations Click Create new scheduled task to launch the wizard Select the application Select the task start parameters OR Oa parc 100 Acronis I nc Task Scheduler Task Running Scheduling the time when to run the o nt on which the t e One time only Upon
96. ortunate events The program can import the access list from a text file Both straight enabling and inverse disabling lists are supported Scenario l Let s say a networked computer boots up from PXE by mistake The new image then might be deployed on the computer by an event driven operation or by the PE configured to start deployment upon booting The original data will be lost 1 2 10 Password protection new in v 3 Images taken with Acronis Snap Deploy can be protected with a password to prevent unauthorized deployment Acronis Snap Deploy also supports password protected images created with the Acronis True Image products family To prevent Acronis bootable components from unauthorized execution the Acronis boot menu can also be protected with a password 1 2 11 Manage a remote computer Acronis Snap Deploy 2 0 functionality An administrator can perform operations on a remote computer using Acronis Snap Deploy File management Create and edit text files for example batch files or scripts copy files folders to the clipboard paste them rename and delete files and folders Applications management Execute service applications configuration files scripts on a remote computer by scheduling tasks The scheduled task contains the application to execute and when the application will be run 10 Acronis Inc 1 3 What else is new in v 3 1 3 1 Encrypted communication Acronis Snap Deploy components communicate
97. otable media Acronis Snap Deploy has three bootable components that can boot and perform operations on any PC compatible hardware including bare metal and computers with non supported file systems The components are Acronis Snap Deploy Agent boots on a target computer to enable deployment performed by Acronis OS Deploy Server Acronis Standalone Utility boots on a target computer and performs deployment on its own Acronis Master mage Creator boots on a master computer and takes an image of the system A computer can be booted into a bootable component using physical media or Acronis PXE Server Acronis bootable media is a physical media CD DVD USB flash drive diskettes or other media supported by the computer BIOS as a boot device that contains bootable components of Acronis Snap Deploy Acronis PXE Server with uploaded bootable components can also be thought of as a kind of bootable media That s why you can create bootable media or configure the PXE server using the same wizard To start the bootable media builder select from the start menu Acronis gt Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console gt Bootable Media Builder You can also run the Bootable Media Builder from the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console window click Create Bootable Media on the toolbar or the sidebar or select Create Bootable Media from the Tools menu l Select bootable components to be placed on the media Acronis Media Builder
98. oth partitions in the image The partitions must also be deployed together otherwise there is a program can generate a unique file name J ust click the Generate name for a new file button on the right Acronis Inc 47 Master Image Creation Wizard Master Image Location Specify location and File name for the master image being created x eG Microsoft Windows Network j My Computer Unknown Drive S Removable Drive A B Local Disk C B Disk2 D B Parti F Bs Part2 G Bs Part3 H t Part4 I New J a Computers Near Me 8 Microsoft Terminal Service se E Arbeitsgruppe amp 3 Arbeitsgruppe 1 amp gf Arbeitsaruppe2 gy Home amp 3h Monastery Eh um T x Eile name v E Files of type Backup Archives tib Net gt E Selecting the image location 7 5 3 Setting options Set the options for creating the master image 1 OPTI ONAL Password for the image The preset is no password Protect the image with a password to prevent unauthorized deployment 2 Compression level The preset is Normal The data compression level for the image being created The description field provides estimations for image size and image creation time for each compression level You can select the compression level based on these estimations The default Normal level is recommended in most cases 48 Acronis Inc Master Image Creation Wizard Mast
99. ou can use specified system drivers during restoration Q Use Acronis Universal Deploy Description Use this option if you want to restore your system partition from a backup image that was created using similar hardware Select whether to use Acronis Universal Deploy Acronis Universal Deploy uses three sources for drivers the Windows default driver storage folder in the image being deployed the mass storage device driver specified by the user the driver repository a folder or folders on a network share or removable media The program will find the most suitable drivers of all available drivers and install them into the deployed system However the driver defined by the user will have the priority It will be installed with appropriate warnings even if the program finds a better driver 2 OPTIONAL Specify the mass storage driver If the target hardware has a specific mass storage controller such as a SCSI RAID or Fibre Channel adapter for the hard disk explicitly specify the appropriate driver for this controller The driver will be installed in any case bypassing the automatic driver search and install procedure Use this option only if the automatic search and install procedure was unsuccessful When deploying the system to a virtual machine that uses SCSI hard drive controller be sure to specify SCSI drivers for virtual environment For example VMware requires Buslogic or LSI logic drivers Use drivers
100. out the teacher s assistance If a student messes up the machine deletes a file changes configuration etc then he she could choose a self restore option from the boot menu The custom deployment mode is intended for continual work without the administrator s assistance Once the mode is set other methods of deployment manual scheduled event driven deployment become unavailable Any scheduled task that has to start while the custom deployment mode is on will not start Only users the ones on the target side can initiate deployment However the administrator can view logs create new deployment templates change the custom deployment configuration add edit or remove boot menu items and perform other management operations except for deployment Acronis Inc 9 To initiate deployment on the console side the administrator switches off the custom deployment mode 1 2 8 Deployment of a disk partition or MBR new in v 3 You do not necessarily have to deploy the entire disk Provided the master and the target disks have a similar partitioning scheme you can image and deploy only the system partition or only the data depending on your needs Acronis Snap Deploy can image and deploy the Master Boot Record MBR 1 2 9 Selective deployment MAC filtering new in v 3 Acronis Snap Deploy has the ability to disable deployment on computers with specified MAC addresses This protects production servers and user s systems from unf
101. p you to create master images of your hard disk drive s You will be able to save the image being created on your hard drive on various removable media or on the network www acronis com Please click Next to continue ee Jem mesi Master I mage Creation Wizard welcome window In this window click Next and go to step 7 5 1 Disks or partitions to image 7 4 Starting online imaging Online imaging means that the master system is imaged live without reboot or suspending operations Online imaging can be performed remotely whenever you need The disadvantage is that you have to install imaging software that is included in the master image This is not always rational 1 Install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console and Acronis License Server Import licenses to the license server Configure the master system Install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent on the master system locally or remotely using Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console Reboot on prompt Once Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent is installed you can image the master system online without reboot at any time Start the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console Connect to the master computer Select Create Master I mage gt Next gt Create master image on a remote computer If you choose Create master image using bootable media the program will suggest that you create the bootable media for offline imaging 7 5 Steps of the Master Image Creation
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103. ptions in the program menu or on the toolbar Acronis Inc 61 Create Deployment Template Wizard Options You can view and set the options for the selected items tia Action after deployment I aa aA Disk utilization Dt Action after deployment R Licensing A Network utilization Choose an action for the computer after the deployment process is complete 8 Shutdown computer C Restart computer The full list of deployment options Action after deployment The preset is Shutdown Choose whether to turn off or restart the target computer after the deployment and all associated operations scheduled in this wizard transferring files executing applications are completed Disk utilization The preset is Occupy disk space entirely If the target disk capacity is not equal to that of the master computer s disk the program can enlarge or reduce the last partition of the target disk according to the proportion of the master and target disk capacities Alternatively if the target disk is larger the program can keep the original partitions size and leave the remaining disk space unallocated Licensing The preset is Stop operation Acronis Snap Deploy uses two types of licenses A license for the server product is needed to deploy a server operating system A license for the workstation product is needed to deploy a workstation operating system By default a workstation OS will not be deployed if the Acronis
104. pying to the clipboard pasting from the clipboard renaming deletion Install the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent on the managed machine Connect the console to the managed machine Select Manage files from the list of operations Teque Use the toolbar buttons or context menu to perform operations a Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console Lavrentyev DER View Tools Help RRS Tools Create Bootable Media E Install Acronis Components 3 Options d My Computer c E Removable Drive A Se Local Disk C RJ Documents and Settings Help BO Program Files Web Support C3 RECYCLER Users Guide e System Volume Information CD TEST CD totalcmd s a Edit a Copy Ctrl C I a Create new folder Q LF Create new text file B Cd Drive D c Computers Near Me File name C AWINDOWSI M E Lavrentyev File management Create new text file Select the target folder gt Create new text document gt Type in the new file name gt OK Edit file Select the file gt Edit The file will be opened with the associated editor The file will be opened with Windows Notepad if the file type is not associated with any editor Acronis Inc 99 Create folder Select the target folder gt Create new folder gt Type in the new folder name gt OK Copy file or folder to clipboard Select the file or folder gt Copy You can copy files and f
105. r grant server licens Permits to take a server product license for deploying a workstation operating system if the PE was booted from PXE server To use the following options you must have the Acronis Universal Deploy add on in your PE Also the Acronis License Server must be accessible from the computer booted into the PE For more information see 2 5 What is Acronis Universal Deploy ud path path ud username user ud password pwd Specifies using Acronis Universal Deploy and the path to the drivers storage ud driver inf filename Specifies using Acronis Universal Deploy and the mass storage driver to be installed Acronis Inc 95 list filename file name With this option the image content is displayed When listing image content partition numbers may not coincide with those in the drives partitions list if the image does not contain all the disk partitions For example if the image contains partitions 2 3 and 2 5 they will be listed as 2 1 and 2 2 If the deploy partition command cannot find a partition in the image by its physical number use the partition number in the image target partition physical number of the target partition keys For the above example to deploy partition 2 5 to its original place use partition 2 2 target partition 2 5 15 3 4 asdcmd usage examples asdcmd create harddisk 1 filename se
106. r all the computers to connect In practical situations some of the listed computers might not connect because they are in use for example One by one deployment task will continue waiting for missing computers while the rest of the computers are already deployed Because it may not be practical or efficient for you to have the task suspended especially a periodic task the program allows you to specify the maximum waiting time and the minimum number of computers on which the deployment will start when the time is out 78 Acronis Inc Deployment Task Wizard Startup Deployment Options Specify the options For starting deployment process Start deployment of the master image C Te each computer from the list as soon as one becomes available 9 Wait until all computers from the list are available Maximum waiting time 5 minutes When timed out start deployment to at least 1 target computer s from 2 Description Select this option if you want the deployment to be started only when all the computers from the deployment list connect to Acronis OS Deploy Server Specify a maximum period of time to wait and the least number of computers to deploy to when timed out but not all computers have connected If timed out but the number of available computers is less than you specified the deployment process will not be started Triggering conditions for scheduled deployment 13 Select the deployment template 14 S
107. r and your Windows distribution to create a folder with Bart PE files To be able to boot from a PXE server PE 1 0 must contain PXE loader Check whether your Windows distribution has this loader It appears as a packed file named STARTROM NI 2 Select Acronis gt Acronis Snap Deploy gt Acronis Snap Deploy PE Builder from the start menu 3 Do one of the following depending on your choice in step 1 Specify path to the folder with PE 1 0 unpacked files or Acronis Inc 89 Specify path to the destination folder of Bart PE builder 4 Specify the full path to the resulting file including the file name 5 Check your settings in the summary screen and click Proceed 6 Burn the 1SO to CD or DVD using a third party tool or copy to a flash drive For how to upload the ISO to Acronis PXE Server see 15 2 Uploading PE images to Acronis PXE Server 15 1 3 Adding ASD command line utility to PE 2 0 1 Select Acronis gt Acronis Snap Deploy gt Acronis Snap Deploy PE Builder from the start menu 2 Do one of the following Specify path to the source WI NPE WIM file The standard path to this file for x86 hardware is Program Files Windows Al K Tools PETools x86 winpe wim or Specify path to a folder with Win PE 2 0 unpacked files 3 Specify the full path to the resulting file including the file name The builder will create a WIM file if the source is WINPE WIM You can choose whether to create WIM or ISO file if the sourc
108. r remotely When installing Acronis OS Deploy Server you have to specify the Acronis License Server Once the Acronis License Server is found the program checks for available licenses on the server and stores its net address to be able to access the Acronis License Server later when deployment is launched When starting a deployment Acronis OS Deploy Server checks the availability of free licenses on the Acronis License Server If there are enough free licenses for the deployment the process will run and the number of free licenses will decrease by the number of deployed systems Acronis License Server can import multiple license numbers from txt or eml files saving you from the time consuming procedure of typing in each number When upgraded recovered or reinstalled the Acronis License Server keeps all the imported licenses intact However it is recommended that you copy the file s with license numbers to removable media or create a hard copy of that file s and keep it in a safe place This ensures that you have license data available in case of hardware failure 3 12 2 Viewing information about licenses 1 Run the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console 2 Click Manage licenses Connect to the computer where Acronis License Server is installed This will display all serial numbers available on the Acronis License Server One serial number can contain multiple licenses 32 Acronis Inc a Acronis Snap Deploy Management Con
109. rage device drivers 2 5 2 Acronis Universal Deploy general principles 1 Automatic HAL and mass storage drivers selection Acronis Universal Deploy searches the Windows default driver storage folders in the image being deployed for HAL and mass storage device drivers and installs drivers that better fit the target hardware You can specify a custom driver repository a folder or folders on a network share or CD which will also be used for drivers search The Windows default driver storage folder is determined in the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows Current version DevicePath This storage folder is usually WINDOWS inf 2 Manual selection of mass storage device driver If the target hardware has a specific mass storage controller such as a SCSI RAID or Fibre Channel adapter for the hard disk you can install the appropriate driver manually bypassing the automatic driver search and install procedure 3 Installing drivers for plug and play devices Acronis Universal Deploy relies on built in plug and play discovery and configuration process to handle hardware differences in devices that are not critical for the deployed system start up such as video audio and USB Windows takes control over this process during the logon phase and if some of the new hardware is not detected you will have a chance to install drivers for it later manually Acronis Inc 21 2 5 3 Acronis Universal Deploy and Microsoft Sy
110. rget partition to deploy if one partition was selected for deployment By default the partition image will be deployed to partition 1 of the selected hard disk To deploy a single partition to unallocated space or bare metal first create the target partition using a third party partitioning tool such as Microsoft Disk Management or Acronis Disk Director Acronis nc 55 When deploying a whole disk or multiple partitions you will not see the target partition selection window In this case the target disk partitioning will not be preserved Create Deployment Template Wizard Target Partition Selection Select a partition of the target disk to which to deploy the master image Select a partition to deploy to E Fit to entire disk e Description Partition at the target disc For replacing with the source one Selecting the target partition 9 2 4 User accounts OPTI ONAL Specify local user accounts that you want to create on the target computers in addition to the accounts that exist in the master system Users can be added to the Administrators Power Users or Users groups Here you have an opportunity to add a unified administrator s account to all the systems if needed The Edit and Delete buttons are provided to change the accounts you typed in The password complexity has to meet the password policy set for the master computer To view or edit the password policy on the master computer 1 Run Microsoft Management Con
111. right click on the component name and select Extract 3 Select a location for the setup file and click Save Acronis nc 31 3 12 Using Acronis License Server This section does not describe steps of the installation procedure It contains general information necessary for understanding Acronis License Server and covers more operations with licenses than described in 3 5 2 Adding licenses using Acronis License Server Management Console and 3 5 3 Adding licenses in command line mode 3 12 1 Understanding Acronis License Server The Acronis License Server is a mechanism that tracks licenses of Acronis products Acronis Snap Deploy licensing is based on the number of deployed and or managed computers servers or workstations For example to deploy a system on 100 computers you need 100 deployment licenses No additional licenses are required to manage the deployed computers or re deploy any of them Acronis Universal Deploy is an add on to Acronis Snap Deploy and has its own serial number and license agreement Acronis License Server tracks the licenses using a MAC address which is unique for each network interface card NIC Although a MAC address is usually hardwired to the NIC some operating systems offer a way to change it It is important to note that attempting to change the MAC address on a system may impede the Acronis License Server operation and prevent you from other deployments to the same computer or from managing that compute
112. ronis Snap Deploy components see 4 2 nstallation and update of Acronis components on remote computers When installing Acronis Universal Deploy on a Windows Vista or Windows 7 computer either disable the User Account Control UAC or run the installation file as an administrator right click on the file then select Run as administrator After installation Acronis Universal Deploy automatically plugs in Acronis OS Deploy Server You do not need a license to install Acronis Universal Deploy However do not forget to add the Acronis Universal Deploy licenses to the license server before starting deployment If the licenses are not found during deployment the Acronis Universal Deploy step will be skipped 3 11 Extracting the Acronis Snap Deploy components During Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console installation all Acronis Snap Deploy components setup msi files will be placed in the Program Files Common Files Acronis Remotel nstall folder Thus you will be able to remotely install modify or repair the components using Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console or msiexec exe utility When installing Acronis Snap Deploy components on a local computer you can save setup files for each component separately on a local or network drive This will help when modifying or recovering the existing component installation on a local computer To save a component s setup file 1 Run the Acronis Snap Deploy setup file 2 Inthe Install Menu
113. rverl folder arc tib net user userl net_password pwl log server2 dir logl log log net user user2 log net password pw2 This will create an image arc tib of hard disk 1 in the shared folder WserverlMfolder The operation log file log1 log will be saved on another share server2 dir Credentials for both shares are provided asdcmd create filename h raw tib partition 1 2 raw log5 txt This will image partition 1 2 sector by sector raw and save the image on partition H asdcmd deploy filename serverl folder l tib password qwerty harddisk 2 This will deploy hard disk 2 from the password protected image 1 tib located in the shared folder serverl folder to the disk with the same number 2 15 4 Sample scenarios 15 4 1 Deploying images assigned to targets Scenario An administrator might need to deploy diverse images on each of the target computers Solution The administrator puts the images in a shared location that can be accessed from each target The administrator renames each image according to the target s MAC address The image destined to the computer with MAC address 01 02 03 04 05 06 will have the name say image 01 02 03 04 05 06 tib The administrator writes a deployment script that can read the target s MAC address and pull an image with a name corresponding to the MAC address from the shared location The script can be executed on any number of targets 96 Acronis Inc Sample
114. s as well Otherwise this step is skipped Create Deployment Template Wizard DNS settings You can setup DNS server properties on the target PCs Use following DNS server address IP address Host name Domain name Description Specifies that address for DNS server is automatically obtained from the network 5 Network settings DNS server 58 Acronis Inc 9 2 7 Security identifiers Acronis Snap Deploy can generate unique security identifiers SIDs for the target computers This option is normally enabled The SID can remain unchanged if there is no computer with the same SID in the same workgroup or domain Also it is recommended not to change the SID if the image is deployed on the same computer where the image was taken from Create Deployment Template Wizard Security Identifiers You can change security identifiers on target computers Check this parameter to make security identifiers SIDs of target computers unique Description Security ID is a data structure of variable length that identifies user group and computer accounts Every account on a network is issued with a unique SID when the account has just been created Internal processes in Windows refer to an account s SID rather than to its name New SIDs will be generated for the target computers 9 2 8 Transferring files OPTI ONAL Select files to be transferred to all target computers after deployment
115. s Snap Deploy command line utility 3 Doone of the following depending on your choice in step 2 Boot the target computer s into Acronis Snap Deploy Agent or PE from bootable media or Boot the target computer s into Acronis Snap Deploy Agent or PE from the PXE Server You must have a DHCP server or configure the target computers network settings manually to enable the target computers to connect to Acronis OS Deploy Server 4 Doone ofthe following depending on whether the agent or the PE is running Connect the console to the Acronis OS Deploy Server Select the Deployment tab Make sure that the target computers IP addresses are displayed on the Deployment tab This means that the computers are connected and ready for deployment Click Manual Deployment and follow the Manual Deployment Wizard instructions to configure and launch the deployment operation or perform deployment in PE using Acronis command line utility Upload Snap Deploy Agent Upload licences Configure template and start condition License Server checks licenses Management Console Create media with Snap Deploy Agent Manual deployment 20 Acronis Inc 2 5 What is Acronis Universal Deploy This section describes the Acronis proprietary technology that helps deploy and boot up Windows on dissimilar hardware Acronis Universal Deploy saves you from configuring a new master system for each make of hardware you have to deploy on If yo
116. s Snap Deploy utilizes TCP port 25001 for a remote installation Make sure this port added to exceptions in your firewall settings Installation 1 Click Install Acronis components 2 Select the installer location from the list Registered Components Search removable media or Specify location The default selection Registered Components will use setup files from the default C Program Files Common Files Acronis Remotel nstall folder 3 Select the Acronis component and specify the component features you want to install for component features see 3 3 General rules of installation 4 Browse to the remote computer or specify its network name or IP address 5 Enter the administrator s username and password for the remote machine 6 Specify the Acronis License Server if the wizard asks You must have at least one free license on the license server to install Acronis OS Deploy Server or Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent 7 Installation of some Acronis components requires system restart If you allow immediate remote computer reboot check the Reboot the remote computer box 8 Click Proceed The Acronis component then will be installed on the remote computer If system restart is necessary the remote machine will reboot or the program will prompt you to restart the remote machine depending on your choice in step 6 To update an Acronis component on a remote computer perform the same procedure 36 Acronis Inc 4 3 Browsin
117. sion Default Join client 10 1 160 178 v gt Cancel deployment Z Gog san Acronis OS Deploy Server is waiting for targets to connect to start event driven deployment 10 Do one of the following Boot the target computer s into Acronis Snap Deploy Agent from bootable media or Boot the target computer s into Acronis Snap Deploy Agent from the PXE Server See details in 11 1 Booting up the targets 74 Acronis Inc 11 As target computers connect to the deploy server they appear in the upper list Computers available for deployment While the deploy server is waiting you are able to Cancel event driven deployment Start the manual deployment on the available computers click Manual deployment on the sidebar As soon as the triggering condition arises the available computers become engaged in the event driven deployment and move to the lower list Deployment Start by event Acronis Inc 75 13 Scheduled deployment Deployment can be run on a schedule Scheduling presumes that when the scheduled time comes the program will power on the computers with predefined MAC addresses using the BIOS Wake On LAN WOL functionality Computers in other subnets can be woken through a WOL proxy agent delivered with Acronis Snap Deploy Computers that do not support WOL can be booted into Acronis environment manually before the scheduled time comes Such computers will also be deployed provided that their M
118. sole Gog san DER pares s View Tools Help Product Name Serial Number Import Date Expiration Date Total Used Available Acronis Snap Deploy 3 0 English Operations o Add license XK Remove license a Acronis Snap Deploy 3 0 English 28GEZ CMZS5N 20 03 2008 a Acronis Snap Deploy 3 0 English HCDK3 QP6 Z 20 03 2008 Tools A Acronis Snap Deploy 3 0 English 4VG72 MWVAS 20 03 2008 amp Create Bootable Media a Acronis Snap Deploy 3 0 English WAZYE BD3CK 20 03 2008 E Install Acronis Components a Acronis Snap Deploy 3 0 English RWDAP AGCU2 20 03 2008 Q Options Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English Aa Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English NZGES MBEFY 20 03 2008 a Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English DSQFK 63DCR 20 03 2008 R Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English GDJKK 75A2U 20 03 2008 a Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English Q9FZY K6QAP 20 03 2008 Aa Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English 4MRZF CUBC3 20 03 2008 Aa Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English QDI7 W2775 20 03 2008 a Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English FX9D5 6XVLR C 20 03 2008 a Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English HN93V 25P6Y K 20 03 2008 a Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English 3ANLA 6LZWH 20 03 2008 AQ Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English LIVW4U LINSXK 20 03 2008 Help i Web Support Kg User s Guide You have 10 server licenses and 5 workstation licenses Righ
119. sole MMC 2 File gt Open gt windir system32 secpol msc 3 Select Account Policies Password Policy 9 2 5 Computer names and domain workgroup OPTIONAL Specify DNS names and domain or workgroup membership of the target computers If you have selected the domain membership later you will be asked for the domain administrator s name and password 56 Acronis Inc Create Deployment Template Wizard Computer Name You can assign a name and domain or workgroup membership for target computers Set the Following name for the computers and add them to the domain workgroup To generate unique names use wildcard characters Computer name Name 0 9 Domain MyDomain Workgroup Description Specifies that target computers will be a members of a Windows Secure domain You can use wild cards to generate unique names for target computers see the User s Guide For more information You must have administrator rights to set the domain membership Naming the computers To generate unique names for target computers use wild cards as follows This will generate names 1 2 3 N start count 1 5 This will generate names 1 2 3 4 5 Text start Name 1 This will generate names Namel Name2 Name3 NameN Text start count Name 1 5 This will generate names Namel Name2 Name3 Name4 Name5 start1 count1 start2 count2 startl the first figure in a two figured number countl
120. sprep Acronis Universal Deploy is not a system preparation tool You can apply it to any system image created by Acronis products however you cannot apply it to images of systems prepared with Microsoft System Preparation Tool Sysprep 2 5 4 Getting Acronis Universal Deploy Acronis Universal Deploy is an add on to Acronis Snap Deploy It is purchased separately has its own license and is installed from a separate setup file For more information please visit http www acronis com enterprise products snapdeploy universal deploy html 22 Acronis Inc 3 1 System requirements 3 Installation The Acronis Snap Deploy components can be installed on computers running the following operating systems The type of license required for the Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent installation MS Windows Server 2008 R2 MS Windows Server 2008 x86 x64 MS Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 x86 x64 MS Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 x64 MS Windows Small Business Server 2003 MS Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions MS Windows 2000 Server MS Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 MS Windows 2000 Advanced Server DI D DIW Hn Hn Hn n wn S server license WS workstation license 3 2 Used ports and IP addresses MS Windows 2000 Professional SP4 WS MS Windows 7 Professional x86 x64 WS MS Windows 7 Ultimate x86 x64 WS MS Windows Vista Business x86 x64 WS MS
121. t click on the column headings bar to choose the details to display Product Name Serial Number Import Date Expiration Date and Total number of licenses assigned to each serial number as well as how many of them are available i e free and used For example if one license corresponds to one serial number Total 1 Available 1 Used 0 if the license is free or Available 0 Used 1 if the license has been allocated 3 To display more information about used licenses select Manage Used Licenses on the sidebar This item does not appear while all licenses are free The Used mode lists all licenses that are allocated Right click on the column headings bar to choose the details to display Product Name Host Name Host Address Serial Number Acquire Date date of deployment or installation that used the license and Renewal Date the latter is not valid for Acronis Snap Deploy licenses Acronis License Server Management Console Gog san H Connect View Tools Help Host Name Host Address SerialNumber Acquire Date Renew Date Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English g Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English Gog san 00 0C 29 0E NZGES MBEF 20 03 2008 21 03 2008 Remote Management g Acronis Snap Deploy Server 3 0 English Lavrentyev 00 0C 29 A DSQFK 63DC 21 03 2008 21 03 2008 E New Connection Help re Web Support 7 User s Guide Two licenses are used You can sort any list using View gt Arrange
122. tab will appear like the graphic below 3 Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console Gog san 7 Operations View Tools Help aA 5 Operations Deployment Templates Scheduled Deployment Tasks Target Current Operation Current Progress Total Progress MAC Address Version 5 Computers available for deployment Manual Deployment Q Cancel Event Driven Deployment E 10 1 160 178 00 0C 29 59 D7 01 3 0 3171 Schedule Deployment Task Deployment start by event when 20 computers connected or 15 minutes passed Status Waiting for computers Cancel Deployment See Custom Deployment A lig Switch to Custom Deployment Mode Tools Be Create Bootable Media we Install Acronis Components Show Log QJ Options Help 9 D 0 0x640000 21 03 2008 19 47 d to download from FileServer as 61850374 Web Support s Information D 0x640000 21 03 2008 10 19 47 Session Session 1 was renamed to Deployment template 21 03 2008 User s Guide v GU Information O 0x640000 21 03 2008 10 19 47 Set server property auto deploy session id 7276040 GU Information 0 0x640000 21 03 2008 10 19 47 Set server property auto deploy enabled 1 s Q Information D 0x340000 21 03 2008 10 19 48 Event driven deployment is enabled s GU Information 0 0x640000 21 03 2008 10 21 00 Host 10 1 160 178 with MAC address 000C2959D701 queries for depl Information 0 0x640000 21 03 2008 10 21 00 Ses
123. the new components are installed on other computers Acronis Inc 13 1 7 Technical support As part of a purchased annual Support charge you are entitled to Technical Support as follows to the extent that electronic services are available you may electronically access at no additional charge Support services for the Software which Acronis shall endeavor to make available twenty four 24 hours a day seven 7 days per week Such electronic services may include but are not limited to user forums software specific information hints and tips bug fix retrieval via the internet software maintenance and demonstration code retrieval via a WAN accessible FTP server and access to a problem resolution database via Acronis customer support system Support shall consist of supplying telephone or other electronic support to you in order to help you locate and on its own correct problems with the Software and supplying patches updates and other changes that Acronis at its sole discretion makes or adds to the Software and which Acronis makes generally available without additional charge to other licensees of the Software that are enrolled in Support Upon mutual agreement by both parties Acronis shall i supply code corrections to you to correct Software malfunctions in order to bring such Software into substantial conformity with the published operating specifications for the most current version of the Software unless your unauthorized
124. the target computers you will have to boot them into Acronis Snap Deploy Agent manually before the scheduled time comes 3 Create bootable media with Acronis Master Image Creator 4 Configure and image the master system 5 Create and save a deployment template 6 Create a list of target MAC addresses This can be a plain text file comment 00 01 23 45 67 1A comment 02 01 23 45 67 1B 7 Configure Acronis PXE Server upload Acronis Snap Deploy Agent to boot the targets into the agent before deployment set Booting from HDD as the default boot menu item to boot the targets into the deployed OS after the deployment set up a reasonable timeout so that the OS can start automatically 8 Connect to the Acronis OS Deploy Server and click Scheduled Deployment on the sidebar 9 Import or type in the list of target MAC addresses Acronis Inc 77 10 Select Wake on LAN 11 The next window suggests that you tune the PXE server to use with the deployment server you are connected to The goal of this setting is to boot the woken machine into Acronis Snap Deploy Agent even if another component on the PXE server is configured to start automatically The tuned PXE Server will redirect the boot menu configuration requests that come from the booting machines to the current OS Deploy Server The deploy server responds with the file specifying the boot menu item for the given MAC address If the MAC address of the booting machine is inc
125. tions You can view and set options for the selected items a 3 Acronis Snap Deploy Agent 2X Network Settings ey Network Settings Specify either DNS name or IP address of deployment server Otherwise the server will be Found automatically Server Delay before starting automatic search For deployment server H C Store logs of the media to the deployment server lt Back Next Cancel Settings for the Acronis Snap Deploy Agent The option to save the agent s log to the deploy server is designed for troubleshooting Normally you should leave this checkbox unchecked because additional operations performed by the agent Acronis Inc 39 can slow down the deployment If you choose to save the agent s log the log will be available on the deploy server in Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Acronis DeployServer AgentsLogs 3 Select the type of bootable media to create You can create CD DVD diskettes or other bootable media such as USB flash drive if the hardware BIOS allows for boot from such media build an ISO image of a bootable disc to burn it later onto a blank disc upload the selected components to the PXE server The previously uploaded components will be deleted from the PXE server before uploading the newly selected ones When using 3 5 diskettes you will be able to write only one component at a time on a diskette or a set of the diskettes
126. to each other using the Secure Sockets Layer SSL cryptographic protocol Encryption starts on the first earliest stage of connection attempt so all data transferred in the next steps including data required for client authentication is encrypted Once Acronis Snap Deploy components are installed encrypted communication between the components is enabled automatically The deploy stream being transferred via the communication protocol is not encrypted 1 3 2 Multicast TTL and network bandwidth throttling Deployment configuration has a parameter that specifies time to live TTL for multicast packets Using this setting you can limit the distribution of multicast packets via gateways By setting the permitted bandwidth you can limit the network usage during deployment 1 4 Supported operating systems Acronis Snap Deploy provides full featured imaging and deployment of the following operating systems Deployment Change License settings type MS Windows Server 2008 R2 Yes Yes S MS Windows Server 2008 x86 x64 Yes Yes S MS Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 x86 x64 Yes Yes S MS Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 x64 Yes Yes S MS Windows Small Business Server 2003 Yes Yes S MS Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 Yes Yes E MS Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions Yes Yes S MS Windows 2000 Server Yes Yes S MS Windows 2000 Advanced Server Yes Yes S MS W
127. ture is installed Tool for building WindowsPE images Rescue Media Builder with Acronis products amp g Media Builder for Acronis en dein he ug This feature requires OKB on your amp e edia Builder for Acronis padre e M Acronis Snap Deploy Manageme gt The PE builder comes with Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console The PE Builder can add the Acronis Snap Deploy command line utility to a Bart PE Win PE 1 0 or Win PE 2 0 image To be able to add the command line utility to a Win PE 2 0 image a WIM file or a folder with PE 2 0 unpacked files you must have Windows Automated Installation Kit AIK installed For this purpose install Acronis Snap Deploy PE Builder on a computer where AIK is installed If you do not have such machine do as follows Download Windows Automated Installation Kit AIK from http www microsoft com Downloads details aspx familyid C7D4BC6D 15F3 4284 9123 6735300629 2 amp displaylangs en Burn the AIK to DVD or copy to a flash drive Install the Microsoft NET Framework v 2 0 from this kit NETFXx86 or NETFXx64 depending on your hardware Install Microsoft Core XML MSXML 5 0 or 6 0 Parser from this kit Install Windows AIK from this kit Install Acronis Snap Deploy PE builder 15 1 2 Adding ASD command line utility to PE 1 0 1 Do one of the following Unpack all files of your Win PE 1 0 ISO to a separate folder on the hard disk or Install Bart PE builder Use Bart PE builde
128. ty or Install Acronis PXE Server connect the console to the PXE server and upload Acronis Master mage Creator or PE with Acronis Snap Deploy command line utility 4 Doone ofthe following depending on your choice in step 3 Boot the master computer into Acronis Master Image Creator or PE from bootable media or Boot the master computer into Acronis Master Image Creator or PE from the PXE Server 5 Onthe master computer follow the Create Image Wizard instructions to configure and launch the imaging operation or perform imaging in PE using Acronis command line The image can be saved on a network share detachable or removable media To access the network from a bootable environment you must have a DHCP server or configure the master computer network settings manually Upload Image Creator o License Server OS Deploy Server CEA Create media with Image Creator Offline imaging 18 Acronis Inc 2 4 2 Online imaging Online imaging means that the master system is imaged live without reboot or suspending operations Online imaging can be performed remotely whenever you need The disadvantage is that you have to install imaging software that 1 takes a license and 2 is included in the master image This is not always rational l Configure the master system 2 Install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console and Acronis License Server Import licenses to the license server 3 Install Acronis S
129. u plan to deploy Windows on multiple computers that are identical to each other but differ from the master computer hardware deploy the master image on one of the identical computers using Acronis Universal Deploy This will adjust Windows to the dissimilar hardware Then image the adjusted system and deploy it to the identical computers The Acronis Universal Deploy option is not available in the standalone mode 2 5 1 Acronis Universal Deploy purpose A system disk image can be deployed easily on the hardware where it was created or to identical hardware However if you change a motherboard or use another processor version the deployed system could be unbootable An attempt to transfer the system to a new much more powerful computer will usually produce the same unbootable result because the new hardware is incompatible with the most critical drivers included in the image Using Microsoft System Preparation Tool Sysprep does not solve this problem because Sysprep permits adding drivers only for Plug and Play devices sound cards network adapters video cards etc As for the system Hardware Abstraction Layer HAL and mass storage device drivers they must be identical on the source and the target computers see Microsoft Knowledge Base articles 302577 and 216915 Acronis Universal Deploy technology provides an efficient solution for hardware independent system deployment by adding the crucial Hardware Abstraction Layer HAL and mass sto
130. ution is completed To run the task immediately click Execute selected task now The task schedule remains valid Acronis nc 103
131. w and set the options For the selected items 4 Action after deployment e Disk utilization e MAC filtering H R Licensing A Network utilization You can specify a list of MAC addresses of computers which you ER mac filtering want to include or exclude Enable MAC filtering 8 Use the inclusion list use the exclusion list MAC Addresses to Include _ AddNew Import Export Delete MAC filtering 9 2 12 Comments and summary OPTIONAL It is recommended that you provide a template name and a comment for easy identification of the template Create Deployment Template Wizard Template Comments You can provide template with comments Comprehensive comments can help you find the appropriate deployment template more easily Template name Deployment template 21 03 2008 9 44 39 Template description Type in the most important template properties Type in a comment Check your settings in the summary window and click Save Acronis nc 65 66 Create Deployment Template Wizard Acronis Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console is ready to create deployment configuration Here is a list of operations to be Snap Deploy performed Operation 1 of 8 OS deployment Target disk 1 Source image J MyFull tib Operation 2 of 8 Configure network settings IP Address dynamic Operation 3 of 8 Configure computer parameters Computer nam
132. y server When all or some depending on your choice targets connect the deploy server starts multicasting Acronis Inc 79 OS Deploy Server PXE Server DHCP License Server Management Server Console Subnet 1 WOL Proxy Configure the switch to relay Subnet2 7 8 9 10 DHCP traffic Scheduled deployment in other subnet using Acronis WOL Proxy Steps 1 Install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console and Acronis License Server Import licenses to the license server Install Acronis OS Deploy Server and Acronis PXE Server 2 To enable the Acronis PXE Server to work in other subnet across the switch configure the switch to relay the PXE traffic The PXE server IP addresses are configured on a per interface basis using IP helper functionality in the same way as DHCP server addresses For more information please refer to http support microsoft com default aspx kb 257579 3 Install Acronis WOL Proxy in the subnet where the target computers are 4 Make sure that Wake on LAN is enabled on the target computers If you cannot or do not wish to use Wake on LAN on some or all of the target computers you will have to boot them into Acronis Snap Deploy Agent manually before the scheduled time comes Create bootable media with Acronis Master Image Creator Configure and image the master system Create and save a deployment template peo BM ocu Configure Acronis PXE Server upload Acronis Snap Deploy Agent t
133. yed OS after deployment The main usage scenario is as follows You create a PXE package for scheduled deployment and configure the Acronis Snap Deploy Agent to start automatically After the scheduled deployment is completed the target computer reboots into the agent again and might be deployed by some other deployment operation How to avoid this situation To ensure that the target computer boots into the agent before the deployment tune the PXE Server to work with your deployment server when scheduling the deployment To ensure that the target computer boots into the deployed OS after the deployment choose the Booting from HDD option when creating the PXE package for the scheduled deployment Acronis Standalone Utility can be placed on a physical media only This component is not designed to boot from a PXE server 2 Acronis Snap Deploy Agent can be configured to connect to a specified deployment server This setting allows you to have multiple deployment servers that perform different functions on the same network The deployment server along with the agent network interface settings can be specified also onsite when booting up the agent To be able to enter the agent configuration onsite set up a reasonable delay before applying the default network settings See details in 27 1 Booting up the targets If not configured in either way the deployment server will be found automatically Acronis Media Builder Bootable Media Op
134. ype 5 GU inrormacion 9 GDInformation 100 0 0x640000 21 03 2008 10 19 47 File J MyFull tib is accepted to download from FileServer as 10 Information 100 0 0x640000 21 03 2008 10 19 47 Session Session 1 was renamed to Deployment template 21 11 GInformation 100 0 0x640000 21 03 2008 10 19 47 Set server property auto deploy session id 7276040 12 GInformation 100 0 0x640000 21 03 2008 10 19 47 Set server property auto deploy enabled 1 13 GInformation 52 0 0x340000 21 03 2008 10 19 48 Event driven deployment is enabled 14 Information 100 0 0x640000 21 03 2008 10 21 00 Host 10 1 160 178 with MAC address 000C2959D701 queries P GInformation 100 O 0x640000 21 03 2008 10 21 00 Session Default Join client 10 1 160 178 i Module Error Code Date Time Message 1UU UlUXDSUUUUJ ZL U3 ZUUB 1U I9 47 NeW Script session Session 1 Was added Acronis OS Deploy Server the deployment task is scheduled To delete a task select it and click Delete To edit a task select it and click Edit Editing is performed in the same way as creation however the earlier selected options will be set and so you have to enter only the changes Deleting or editing a task does not affect the current task execution A task that has been edited or deleted while running will come to an end without any changes The changes you made will be applied when execution is completed To run a task immediately select the task and click Start Task

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