Acronis Snap Deploy 5 manual

A c r o n i s S n a p D e p l o y 5 Update 1 USER GUIDE[...]

2 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Copyright Statement Copyright © Acr onis Intern ational GmbH, 2002- 2014. All righ ts reserved. “Acronis” and “Acr onis Sec ure Zone” are r egistered trad emarks of Acr onis International G mbH. "Acronis Compute with Confid ence", “Acronis Startup Recovery Manag er”, “Ac[...]

3 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Table of contents 1 Introducing Acroni s Snap Dep loy 5 ................................................................................... 7 1.1 Overview .................................................................................................................................... 7 1. 1 .[...]

4 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 2. 5 . 1 Of f l i ne i m a gi ng ................................................................................................................................ .............. 23 2. 5 . 2 On line im agi ng ................................................................ ........................[...]

5 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 7.3 Configuring Acronis PXE Server ............................................................................................... 71 8 Creating a master image ................................................................................................ 73 8.1 Preparation of th e master opera[...]

6 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 13 Managing deplo yment tasks (the Dep loyment tasks view) ...................................... 133 13.1 List of deploymen t tasks ........................................................................................................ 133 13.2 Actions on deploy ment tasks ....................[...]

7 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 1 I n t r od u ci ng Ac ro n i s S n a p Dep lo y 5 1. 1 O ve rvi ew 1 . 1 . 1 W h a t i s A c r o n i s S n a p D e pl o y 5 Acronis Snap Depl oy 5 is a flexibl e, efficient soft ware solution for deploym ent of a fully c onfigured operating system (with or without applicati on software and any[...]

8 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014  Support for Win PE 5.0.  Automatic switch to unicast if multicast fails durin g deploy ment is disabled. 1. 3 W ha t's n ew i n A cro nis Sn ap De p l o y 5  Updated multicast protocol that enab les up to 5 times faster d eployment (co mpared to Acr onis Snap Deploy 4) to multiple[...]

9 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 These ways of depl oyment are also known a s manual deployment and schedu led deploy ment. When the deploy ment is about t o start, the soft ware will tur n on the target mach ines with predefined MAC add resses by usin g the BIOS Wake- on -LAN (WOL) functionali ty. Machines in anoth er subnet c[...]

10 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 The master image f or deployment can be located in a netw ork folder or on a re movable drive (such as a DVD) on the machine you are performing depl oyment t o. The image cann ot be located on the local hard disk of the machine, because deployment u suall y involves overwriting the contents of [...]

11 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 messes up the machine (for exa mple, deletes a file or chan ges configuration), the student c an choose a self-rest ore option from the boot m enu. 1 . 4 . 7 D e p l o y m e n t o f a d i s k v o l u m e a n d M B R You do not necessaril y have to depl oy the entire disk. Provided that the mast[...]

12 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 1. 5 F ea tur e s o f A cro ni s Sn ap D ep l o y 5 1 . 5 . 1 L i s t o f m a c h in e s Acronis Snap Depl oy 5 provid es the Machines view (p. 128). This view c ontains a li st of all machines that you added for d eployment or that have ever bee n deployed. In this view, you can:  View and [...]

13 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 1 . 5 . 4 S u p p o r t f o r t h e V HD f o r m a t In addition to using its own for mat for an imag e, Acro nis Snap Deploy 5 can perform depl oyment from a Virtual Har d Disk (VHD) file. Such file stores c ontents of one or more disks . It can be crea ted in Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7[...]

14 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 1 . 5 . 8 S u p p o r t f o r m u l t i p l e n e t wo r k a d a p t e r s A machine license is bound to the machine’s net work adapter (als o known as ne twork interfa ce card, NIC). If the machine has more than one network adap ter, A cronis Snap Depl oy 5 ensures that only one license is a[...]

15 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 1. 6 Su p p o rt ed o p er a t i ng s y st e ms fo r i magi ng a nd de plo yme nt Acronis Snap Depl oy 5 provid es full-featured imaging a nd deployment of the operating systems listed in the table that foll ows. For most operating s ystems, you can change settin gs such as the network na me th[...]

16 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Op era ti ng sy ste m Im a gi ng a nd de plo ym e n t C ha ngi ng se tti n gs Li cen se ty pe Windows 8.1 Enterpri se (x86, x64) (including Update 1) Yes Yes Workstation Windows 7 Home Basic (x8 6, x64) (No Service Pack or Serv ice Pack 1) Yes Yes Workstation Windows 7 Home Premium ( x86, x64) [...]

17 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 1. 7 Li ce ns ing po l icy Acronis Snap Depl oy 5 lice nsing is based on the number of machines (serv ers or workstati ons) that you deploy. For example, t o deploy a syste m on 100 machines, you need 100 lic enses. 1 . 7 . 1 M a c h i n e l i c e n s e s a n d d e p l o y m e n t l ic e n s e [...]

18 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 1. 8 U p gr a di ng to Ac ro ni s S na p D ep loy 5 To upgrade from Acr onis Snap Deploy 4 to Acronis Sn ap Depl oy 5, upgrade both the licens es and the software comp onents. 1 . 8 . 1 U p g r a d i n g l i c e n s e s To upgrade the lic enses of Acronis Snap Depl oy 4, obtain the necessary nu[...]

19 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 1. 9 Te chn ica l Su ppo rt Maintenance and Suppor t Program If you need assistanc e with your Acronis produc t, please go t o http://www.acronis.co m/support/ Product Updates You can download the latest upd ates for all y our registered Acr onis software pro ducts from our website at any ti me[...]

20 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 2 Un de r st an di ng Acr oni s S n ap Dep loy 5 This section describes the c omponents of the Acronis Snap Deploy 5 infrastru ctur e and their interaction. 2. 1 Te rmi nol o g y The following table lis ts the c ommon terms and descriptions used in this document. Master system The system to be [...]

21 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Administrator The person who has rights t o manage the Acronis Sn ap Deploy 5 infrastructu re. User-initiated deployment m ode The mode when deploym ent can be initiated on t he side of the target machine. User The person on th e side of the target machine who starts th e user -initiated deploy[...]

22 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014  Acronis Snap Dep loy 5 Stand alone Utility is a bo otable component that enables fu lly-functional deployment with a GUI on a stand-alon e machine (a machine isolat ed from the network or included in a net work without Acr onis Snap Depl oy 5 infrastructure). The only way to load Acronis Sn[...]

23 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014  On USB and FireWire (I EEE-1394) st orage devices (har d drives, flash d rives) attac hed to the deployment server.  On DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, CD-R /RW, or recordable Blu-ray Dis cs (BD-R, BD-RE) l oaded in the media drive of the depl o yment ser ver. The best practice is keeping images on [...]

24 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014  Create a bootable media (eith er an Acronis media or a WinPE-based media) with Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Master Image Crea tor. OR  Install Acronis PXE Ser ver, connec t the console to the PXE server and upl oad Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Master Im age Creator. 4. Depending on y our choice in the[...]

25 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 4. Connect the cons ole to the master s ystem, click Create image -> Next -> A master image . F ollow the instructions of the Master I mage Creator wizard to config ure and launch the imaging operation. The im age can be saved in a network folder, on detachable media (suc h as an USB driv[...]

26 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 6. Select the machines, click Dep loy image on the t oolbar, and then f ollow the Cr eate Deploy ment Task Wizard instructi ons to configure an d launch the deploymen t operation. Whe n prompted about when you want to run the depl oyment, sel ect Now . Deployment that starts ma nually 2. 6 W ha[...]

27 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 2 . 6 . 2 A c r o n i s U n i v e r s a l D e pl o y i n W i n d o ws Automatic HAL and m ass-storage drivers selection Acronis Universal Deploy searches the Windows default driver storage folders (in the master image being deployed) f or HAL and mass-storage device drivers and installs drivers[...]

28 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 To revert to the original initial RAM disk, do any of the following:  Rename the copy a ccordingly. For example, run a command similar to the following: mv initrd -2.6.16.60-0.21-de fault_acronis_backup .img initrd -2.6.16.60- 0.21 - default  Specify the copy in the initrd line of the GRU[...]

29 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 3 G et ti ng s t ar ted wi th A cr on i s S n a p Dep lo y 5 This section describes how to inst all Acronis Snap Deploy 5 and p erform a simple depl oyment. By following the pr ocedure s in this secti on, you will: a) Install and start Acronis Sn ap Deploy 5. b) Create a master image of a machi[...]

30 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 4. Click Typical .[...]

31 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 5. Click Add license , and then specify the lic ense keys. Y ou can type the license keys manually or import them fro m a text fil e. 6. Specify whether the machine will p articipate in the Customer Experience Pr ogram (CEP). 7. Click Install . Step 2. Starting Acroni s Snap Deploy 5 On the mac[...]

32 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 When Acronis Snap Deploy 5 starts, the welco me screen app ears. Step 3. Creating a bootable m edia In this step, you will c reate a bootable media that enab les creating mast er images an d performing deployment. On the machine wher e you installed and started Acro nis Snap Depl oy 5, do the f[...]

33 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 2. In the list of comp onents, select A cronis Snap Deploy 5 Agent and A cronis Snap Deploy 5 Master Image Creator . 3. In Network setting s , in Server name /IP , specify the n ame of the machine wher e you installed Acronis Snap Depl oy 5. 4. Choose to create th e medi a on a CD or DV D. Inse[...]

34 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 1. Make sure that th e CD or DVD driv e has a high er boot priority than the hard disk drive. You may need to open th e BIOS setup utility of the machine and adju st the boot priorit y setting, si milarly to what is shown in th e following pictur e. 2. Attach the USB hard dis k drive to the mac[...]

35 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 5. In the pop-up wind ow, click Cancel or wait until tha t window closes. 6. Select the volumes that yo u want to include in the master i mage. You can lea ve the defaul t selection, which nor mally inclu des the volumes that contain th e operating s ystem. 7. Specify a folder on the USB hard d[...]

36 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Acronis Snap Depl oy 5 starts creating the image. After the image is cr eated, the machine will rest art. Step 5. Performing depl oyment In this step, you will d eploy the created master image to a single machine ( the targ et machine). Tip: For getting started, we recommend performing de ploym[...]

37 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 3. On the boot menu, click Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Agent . 4. In the pop-up wind ow, click Cancel or wait until tha t window closes. 5. Make sure that th e machin e is ready for depl oyment. The window should l ook similar t o the following picture. Details. The target machine bec omes ready f or[...]

38 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 connect to the ser ver, you may need to adjust ne twork set tings, as describ ed in “Booting the target machines ” (p. 112). After the targe t machine is ready, you can depl o y the master image to i t. Deploying the master image On the machine wher e you install ed Acronis Snap Deploy 5, d[...]

39 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Note. If you imag ed a machin e running a workstati on operating system (such as Windows 7) but you only have ser ver licenses (such as Acronis Snap Deploy 5 for Server – Trial Li cense), y ou may want to allow the software to use this type of licens e to deploy the machine. T o do so, clic k[...]

40 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 9. Select the deploymen t template y ou created, and then click Next . 10. When asked about when t o run the deploy ment, select Now and type the user n ame and password that y ou use to log on to Windows. 11. Keep clicking Next until the sum mary window appear s. Cli ck Create in that wind ow.[...]

41 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 You can view the pr ogress of the depl oyment both on the machine where you in stalled Acr onis Snap Deploy 5 and on the target machine. Viewing the deploy ment prog ress on the mach ine with Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Viewing the deploy ment prog ress on the target machin e What you can do next In [...]

42 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014  To run the deploy ment again , open the Deployment tasks view, sele ct the task you created, and then click Run on the toolbar. For details about the Deploymen t tasks view, see “Managing deployment tasks” ( p. 133).  To add more ma chines, open the Ma chines view and then click Add [...]

43 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 4 I n st al l at i o n of A c r on i s Sn ap De pl oy 5 4. 1 Su p p o rt ed o p er a t i ng s y st e ms This section lists th e operating syste ms where comp onents of Acr onis Snap Depl oy 5 can be installed. It does not matter which Service Pack (if any) is install ed in the opera ting syste [...]

44 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 4. 2 Sy s t e m r equ i re m e nt s Components for Wind ows Co mpo n en t Di sk s pa ce re qui r ed du r i ng ins tal l ati on or up d a t e Di sk s pa ce oc cupi ed by t he c ompo nen t(s ) A dd i ti onal Complete installatio n 1554 MB 777 MB Management Console 1326 MB 663 MB CD -R/RW, DVD -R/[...]

45 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014  UDP port: 67, 6 8, 69  Broadcast address : 255.25 5.255.255 For a remote installa tion (p. 52 ), the TCP port 25001 is used. If you are using a firewall, you may need to set the appropria te access options. 4. 4 Ty pi ca l in st all ati o n With typical installati on, all comp onents of [...]

46 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 You may want t o use custom installa tion in the f ollowing cases:  Installing Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Management Agent to take a master image of a machin e without restarting it (p. 24 ) or to enable online depl o yment on the machine (p. 115).  Installing Acronis Wake- on - LAN Proxy t o [...]

47 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 4 . 5 . 2 C o m m o n i n s t a l l a t io n c o n f i g u r a t i o n s Acronis Snap Depl oy 5 com ponents can be ins talled in various configurations, to distrib ute various components and f eatures among the machines on the netw ork. a) The minimal configurati on that enables onl y offline i[...]

48 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 We recommend tha t you c reate a master imag e by us ing the bootable compone nt called Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Master Image Crea tor. Nevertheles s, having at lea st one manage ment agent on the network (not n ecessarily on the master machin e) makes sens e. You will be able to validat e (check)[...]

49 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014  Wake- on -LAN Proxy The list of components 4. 5. 3.1 In sta ll at ion of A c r on is Sna p D ep loy 5 Man ag e m e n t C o n s o le Acronis Snap Dep loy 5 Man agement Console is an ad m inistrati ve tool for local a nd remote access to Acronis servers and Acr onis Sn ap Deploy 5 Manag ement[...]

50 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Note: If you have already installed a license server that came with another Acronis product, you will still ne ed to install Acronis Snap De ploy 5 License Server. You ca n install both license servers on t he same machine. The machine will the n act as a common license se rver for all Acronis [...]

51 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Acronis PXE Server s tarts runn ing as a service i mmediately a fter installati on. It will automatically launch at each sys tem restart. Y ou can stop and start thi s service in the sa me way as other services. 4. 5. 3.5 In sta ll at ion of A c r on is Wa k e- on - L A N Pr oxy Acronis Wake- o[...]

52 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 4. 6 O t he r w ays of i nst all ati o n 4 . 6 . 1 I n s t a ll i n g c o m p o n e n t s r e m o t e ly By using Acronis Sn ap Depl oy 5 Management Console, you can install the foll owing compon ents of Acronis Snap Depl oy 5 remotel y:  Acronis Snap Depl oy 5 Man agement Agent  Acronis [...]

53 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 4. 6. 1.2 In sta ll at ion p r oc edu r e To i ns ta ll a c om po ne n t o f Ac ro n is Sn ap Dep l o y 5 r em ot e ly 1. Start Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Manag ement Cons ole. 2. On the Tools menu , click Install components remotely . 3. Select the location fr om which the installa tio n pac kages [...]

54 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 An upgrade license key enables y ou to continue using a license ke y for the previ ous version (“ old” license key). The old licens e key cannot b e reassigned to a different machine. You need at least on e license key f or Acronis Snap Deploy 5 (n o matter which t ype) to be able to upgrad[...]

55 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 2. Click Install Acronis Snap Deplo y 5 . 3. Do one of the foll owing:  To uninstall all c omponents, click Remove .  To uninstall individu al components, click Mo dify , and then clear the check boxes for th e components that y ou want to uninstall. 4. Proceed with the un installation. D[...]

56 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 5 Us i n g Ac ron i s S na p D epl oy 5 M a n ag eme nt C on sol e 5. 1 C o nn e ct ing to a m a c hi ne 5 . 1 . 1 C o n n e c t t o a l o c a l m a c h i n e When started, Acr onis Snap Depl oy 5 Manage ment Consol e connects to th e local machine if there is a manageable c omponent of Acr oni[...]

57 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 To c o nn ec t t o a c omp one n t 1. On the Connect menu, clic k Connect . 2. In Machine , specif y the name or IP address of the ma chine where the c omponent is in stalled. To open the list of ma chines on your network, click Browse . 3. In User name and Pa ssword , specify the user na me an[...]

58 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 5. 2 B ro wsi ng l og s Acronis Snap Depl oy 5 OS Deploy Server and Acronis PXE Server store the log of the operati ons they have performed. Th e v ie w t he log of Ac r o ni s S na p D epl o y 5 OS D ep lo y S e r ve r 1. Connect the manage ment cons ole to the machine with Acronis Snap Deploy[...]

59 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 6 Us i n g Ac ron i s S na p D epl oy 5 Li ce n s e S e rv er This section contain s general infor mation necessary for understandin g Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Licens e Server and covers operation s with licenses. 6. 1 U nd ers tan d i ng Ac ro ni s Sna p De p lo y 5 Li c e ns e S e r ve r Acronis[...]

60 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 4. In the Add Licen ses window, type th e license k ey or the path t o a .txt or .eml file containin g the license keys; or, you can br owse to the file. 5. Click Add . Acronis Snap Deploy 5 License Server perf orms the operati on and reports the number of newly-added licenses. The license serv[...]

61 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 This will display all licens e keys availab le on Acronis Snap Depl oy 5 License Ser ver. One license key can corresp ond to multip le licenses. The license server contain s 10 server licenses and five workstation license s 3. Right-click the c olumn hea dings bar to cho ose the detail s to dis[...]

62 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 LicenseSe rverCmdLi ne -- import-f ile <serve r name> <file n ame> In this command:  <server n ame> is the name of the machine wher e Acronis Snap Deploy 5 License Server is installed.  <file nam e> is the name of the .t xt or .eml fil e with the licens e keys. For[...]

63 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Shows usage infor mation.[...]

64 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 7 D ep loy me n t too l s Before deploy ment, each t arget machine must boot in to a dedicated bo otable component of Acr onis Snap Deploy 5. An e xample of such component is Acro nis Snap Deploy 5 Ag ent. The machine can boot into the component in eith er of these ways:  From a physical med[...]

65 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 7 . 2 . 1 A c r o n i s b o o t a b l e m e di a Acronis bootable media is a ph ysical media (CD , DVD, USB flash dri ve, or other media support ed by the machine’s BIOS as a boot devic e) that contai ns bo otable comp onents of Acron is Snap Deploy 5. Acronis Snap Depl oy 5 bootable media su[...]

66 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014  No autostart : The A cronis loader will d isplay the b oot menu and wait for some one to select whether to boot the operating syst em or one of the Acronis c omponents.  Start operating system : The ope rating system, if pres ent on the b ooting machin e’s hard disk, will start after t[...]

67 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 If not configured in either way, the depl oyment ser ver will be found aut omaticall y. The agent will start the search aft er the n umber of second s you specify in Timeou t (sec) . Settings for Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Agent The option to sa ve the agent’ s log to the deployment server is desi[...]

68 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 selecting a bootable component. N o password is requ ired to start the operating system on the machine. Protecting the bootable components with a passwo rd 9. Click Cr eate . After you create the disc, mark it and keep it in a saf e place. Note: Componen ts on an Acronis bootable m edia are bas[...]

69 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 7. 2. 2.1 C om pon en t s in clu ded i n t he b oot ab l e m e d ia Each WinPE-based b ootable medi a contains the f ollowing bootable co mponents (p. 64 ):  Acronis Snap Dep loy 5 Agent  Acronis Snap Dep loy 5 Master Image Creator  Acronis Snap Dep loy 5 Command-Line Utility 7. 2. 2.2[...]

70 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 http://www.micr osoft.com /downloads/details.a spx?F amilyID=94bb6e3 4-d890-4932-81a5-5b50c 657de08&Display Lang=en Automated Installa tion Kit (AIK) for Wind ows 7 (PE 3. 0): http://www.micr osoft.com /downloads/details.a spx?familyid =696DD66 5-9F76-4177-A811-39C26 D3B3B34&displa ylan[...]

71 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 6. Select how you wan t to cre ate the bootabl e media.  If you want t o create a physical media, select ISO image . The softwar e will creat e an ISO file that you can later burn to a DV D or write to a USB driv e.  If you want t o upload the bootabl e components to Acronis PXE server, s[...]

72 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014  When creating an Acr onis bootabl e media (p. 65 ) or a WinPE-bas ed bootable media (p. 68 ).  When creating a b ootable media f or user-initiated d eployment (p. 1 20). Alternatively, you can use direct server c onfiguration, as follows. To p e r fo rm a d irec t c on fig ur ati on of t[...]

73 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 8 C r e at ing a m as t e r i m ag e To be able to deplo y a syst em, you need to create the desired system configuration and then to save an image of the syst em’s hard disk or volu me to a network fold er, detachable media (such as a USB drive) or removable media (such as a DVD). This secti[...]

74 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014  By using a bootabl e media (either Acronis media or W inPE-based media) with Acronis Sn ap Deploy 5 Master Im age Creator, or b y using the c ommand-line utility in a WinPE-based bo otable media. This type of imaging is called offline i maging . This section describes imagin g with Acronis [...]

75 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 The boot menu app ears on the master machine. The boot menu on the mast er machine 5. In the boot menu, cli ck Acronis Sna p Deploy 5 Master Image Creato r . 6. The master image cr eator establi shes a networ k connection to be able t o save th e image in a network folder. A dial og bo x appear[...]

76 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 The manual config uration is needed if automatic c onfiguration is n ot possible (no DHCP server on the network) or d oes not su cceed. To configure the network conne ctions manu ally, click OK in the prompt windo w. Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Master Imag e Creator con figuration : network setting s[...]

77 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Windows 7 and Wind ows Server 2008 R2 place the loader on a hidde n volume called System Reserved . If your operating system an d its loader reside on different volumes , always include both vo lumes in the image. A volume with the loader is usually marked as the a ctive volume and is shown wit[...]

78 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Select the image l ocation in the de vice tree. In File na me , type the file na me of t he image. To generate a file na me that is unique in the s elected l ocation, click Generate a na me for the fi le . Note: Acronis boo table media uses NetBIOS ne tworking protocol to resolve Ac ronis Snap [...]

79 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 A higher compres sion level may lead to a smaller size of the imag e, but creating t he image will take longer. The defaul t Normal lev el is recommended in most case s. Selecting the data co mpression level Process priority This option is avail able only for online i maging (p. 73 ). The prese[...]

80 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 The priority of an y process running in the opera ting syste m determines th e amount of CPU usage and system res ources alloc ated to that pr ocess. Decreasin g the image cr eation pr iority will free more resources f or other p rograms. Increasing the i mage creation pri ority could speed up [...]

81 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Alternatively, you can click Always , into the file s of fixed size and type the desired file size or select it from the list. The i mage will then b e split into multiple fil es of the spe cified size. This comes in handy wh en creatin g an image that you plan to burn to multiple discs lat er [...]

82 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 After you click Next , th e sum mary of the imagin g procedure appears. Ch eck the setting s and then click Proceed . The imaging opera tion starts and its progress is d isplayed. Acronis Snap Deploy 5 is taking the master image[...]

83 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 9 Va li d a ti n g a mas ter i m ag e You can ensure that the master i mage is not da maged by valida ting it. To v a li d a t e a ma s te r im ag e 1. Start Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Managem ent Console. 2. Connect the manage ment cons ole to a machine where Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Management Agent [...]

84 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 10 D ep loy ing a mas ter i m ag e This section describes how to depl oy a master i mage t o one or more machines. Caution: Deployme nt to a machine invo lves deleting some or all data that is currently stored on that mac hine. Make sure that yo u are performing deployment to the correct machin[...]

85 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 10 .3 De plo yme nt t em pl at e s A deployment t emplate is a set of configuration para meters of th e deployment operation. Th ese parameters include :  A path to the master image .  The operation mod e (multicast or unicast, how t o handle the target disk fre e space, and s o on).  [...]

86 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014  On DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, CD-R /RW, or recordable Blu-ray Dis cs (BD-R, BD-RE) l oaded in the media drive of the depl o yment ser ver. The best practice is keeping images on the depl oyment server’s hard disk. This minimizes network traffic during deplo yment. The image created on removable [...]

87 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 10 .3 .1 .2 D is k a nd v ol ume se lec t io n If the image contains more than one disk, sp ecify the disk that you want t o deploy, and then clic k Next . You can selec t only one disk. Selecting a disk fro m the master imag e[...]

88 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 If the disk y ou selected con tains more than one volume, specif y the volumes that yo u want to deploy. You can select one or more v olumes. Selecting disk volume s to deploy The further steps will depe nd on how many v olumes you sel ect.  If you deploy only o ne volume, it is assu med tha[...]

89 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 settings is support ed (p. 15 ). You always can specif y general se ttings such as the disk to perf orm the deployment to. These settings can be overrid den by individual setting s (p. 131) for a machine. On li n e dep loy men t This setting deter mines how to depl oy the mas ter image t o the [...]

90 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 If selected and Acr onis Snap Depl oy 5 Manage ment Agent is n ot installed in the system that th e master image c ontains, the manag ement agent will be installed on a t arget machi ne after the master image is deployed to it. Having the manage ment ag ent installed on a ma chine enables the o[...]

91 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014  Replace volume : Only the volume with the select ed number will be deleted. If the target disk contains only on e volume, the entir e disk space (including the currentl y unalloca ted space) will be available for the volume you are deploying. Otherw ise, only th e space that was occupied by[...]

92 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Example 2. You ar e deployin g a single 100-GB volu me. In Target di sk layout , you select ed to replace the second (250-GB) volume on the targe t disk. In this ca se, the size of the deployed volume will be 25 0 GB. The first volume on the targ et disk will re main intact. Example 3. You ar e[...]

93 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 The preset is: Th e same name and membership as those of the machine in the m aster image By default, all depl oyed machines will ha ve the sa me name as th e machine in the master i mage. Alternatively, you can speci fy a name pattern for the machines. Specify whether the machine will b e a me[...]

94 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 For example, the pattern {1,5} generates the names 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , and 5 . Similarly, th e pattern {8,5} generates the na mes 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , and 12 . Make sure that th e value of count is big en ough. If the nu mber of target ma chines exc eeds count , deployment to the remainin g machines w[...]

95 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Each machine will b e assigned an IP addr ess fro m the range. Make sure that the range is big enough. If there are more targ et machines than IP addresses in the range, depl oyment t o the remaining machin es will fail. TCP/IP properties If you have not sel ected to p reserve the net work sett[...]

96 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 S ec ur i ty id ent if i er s This setting determin es whether Acr onis Snap Deploy 5 will gen erate unique secu rity identifiers (SIDs) for the targ et machin es. The preset is: Gen erate a un ique SID for each targ et m achine Generating unique SID s should nor mally be enabled. We recom mend[...]

97 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Each file must be l ocated in a network f older. When ad ding the file, sp ecify the credentia ls to the network folder. The destination of each file must be on one of the volu mes you are deplo ying. To run the file after it is tran sferred, select the Run the file on tar get machines c heck b[...]

98 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Multicast configu ration has a parameter that specifie s the time to live (TTL) for multicast packets. Use this parameter to limit multicas t packets dis tribution via gate ways. The default value is 15. In practice, this enables the packets to pass up to 1 5 hops which may be treated as an unl[...]

99 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014  Stop deployment o therwise Specifying licensing settings Based on your selecti on, the softwar e will use a deployment licens e (which enabl es a single successful deploym ent) or a machine license (which enables an un limited numb er of depl oyments to a machine). Based on the operating sy[...]

100 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 c) Deployment ser ver license d) Machine server licens e If you change th e second setting fr om Use a machine license automati cally to Stop de ployment , the software will use only deploy ment licenses. The software will use the following priority : a) Deployment workstation li cense b) Depl[...]

101 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 The software will fin d the most suit able drivers of all available drivers and install them into the deployed system. H owever, the dri ver defined by the user will ha ve the priority. I t will be installed, with app ropriate warni ngs, even if the s oftware finds a be tter driver. In Linux, [...]

102 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 10 .3 .1 .5 S u m ma ry w in do w Check your settin gs in the s ummary window , and then click Save . The summary window 1 0. 3 . 2 C o n f i g u r i n g d e f a u l t d e p l o y m e n t s e t t in g s In the Default Dep loyment Settings wind ow, you can specify the valu es that will be used [...]

103 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 The preset is: Extend or re duce the volum es being deployed, according t o the available space on the target disk  Machine name an d membe rship (p. 92 ) The preset is: Th e same as of the master sy stem  TCP/IP properties (p. 94 ) The preset is: Th e network setting s of the master sys[...]

104 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 In addition, you can run any deplo yment task manuall y from the Dep loyment tas ks view (p. 133). A deployment tas k runs ac cording to a deploym ent template (p. 85 ). When cr eating the task, you can create a deployment templ ate or specify an existing on e. 1 0. 4 . 1 P r e r e q u i si t [...]

105 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 MAC addresses for bar e metal are usually supplied b y the hard ware manufactur er. You can ge t the MAC address of any PC-compatible hard ware by en tering the network configuration menu of any Acronis bootable c ompone nt, such as Acronis Snap De ploy 5 Master Im age Creat or. An administrat[...]

106 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014  Upload a Preinstall ation En vironment (PE) i mage to th e PXE server by clicking Upload PE image to PXE . For information abou t creating a PE image (a WI M file), see “Adding Ac ronis Snap Deploy 5 c omponents to WinPE” (p. 70 ). When uploading th e agent or the P E image:  Set St[...]

107 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 10 .4 .2 .2 C r ea tin g t h e dep l o y m en t ta sk When the deploy ment is about t o start, Acronis Snap Deplo y 5 OS Depl oy Server wakes up the turned-off target machines in the list you spe cify. The machines turn on, boot int o Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Agent fro m the PXE ser ver, and c on[...]

108 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 (p. 70 ). This is beca use choosing a default boot m enu option is not available in this case. You need to create a PE image first (u sing the WIM image sett ing), and then upload the PE image to the PXE server (p. 71 ). 7. If the machines are l ocated in a different subnet than the deploym en[...]

109 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014  Stop without perf orming deploy ment to any machine. The t ask will start at its next scheduled time and will again begin waitin g for the readine ss of all machines. Start condition for deployment 12. Review the task summary, and then click Create to create and save the tas k. The task ap[...]

110 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014  Install the PXE ser ver in Subnet 1. Enab le this PXE ser ver to also work in Sub net 2 by configuring the ne twork switch t o relay the PXE traffic. The PXE server’s IP addresses are configured on a per-int erface basis using IP helper fun ctionality in th e same way as DHCP server addr[...]

111 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 3. In the welcome scr een, click Deploy ima ge . If prompted, specif y the machin e where Acronis Sn ap Deploy 5 OS Depl oy server is installed. 4. In Deploy to , select Any machines read y for deploy ment . 5. Select the conditi on that trig gers the deploym ent:  Specify the numb er of ma[...]

112 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 As soon as the trig gering condition ari ses, the a vailable ma chines become engaged in the deployment, and their state changes to Running . 1 0. 4 . 4 B o o t i n g t h e t a r g e t m a c h i n e s You need to manuall y boot the targ et machines into Acronis Sn ap Depl oy 5 Agent in the f o[...]

113 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 4. [Optional.] Choos e whether you want to config ure the agent. The agent configura tion includes the network setting s and t he address of Acronis Sn ap Deploy 5 OS Deploy Ser ver. A dialog b ox comes up suggestin g that you c onfigure the agent. To load the agent with the defaul t configura[...]

114 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Note: Acronis boota ble media uses Ne tBIOS networking protocol t o resolve Acronis Snap Deploy 5 OS Deploy Server in a n etwork. NetBIOS protocol u ses ANSI characters for host names. So , machines that have non -English characters in th eir names cann ot be accessed from Acronis boo table me[...]

115 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Agent: read y for deployment 1 0. 4 . 5 C o n f i g u r i n g o n l i n e d e p l o y m e n t Online deployment is possible only t o a specified list of machines (p. 104) that ru n Windows and are turned on before a d eploy ment task starts. To c o nf igu re o nli ne de p[...]

116 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 1 0. 4 . 7 D e p l o y m e n t b e h i n d a n N A T d e v i c e Successful depl oyment is not guaran teed if A cronis Snap Depl oy 5 OS Deplo y Server and the ta rget machines are separ ated by a Netw ork Address Tr anslation (NAT) de vice. A typical router usually acts as an NAT device. All [...]

117 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Note: Acronis Snap De ploy 5 Standalone Utility ca n be placed on a physical media only. This component is not designed to boot from a PXE server or from a WinPE -based b ootable media. The Acronis stand-a lone compon ents to be placed on the bootable medi a 3. Configure the master system. 4. [...]

118 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 10 .6 U s er - i ni tia ted de plo yme nt ( c us t om d ep l o ym e nt ) Acronis Snap Depl oy 5 can be configured in such a way that users will be abl e to depl oy and re -deploy their ma chines with one click on the boot menu. User-initiated deplo yment is also call ed custom d eployment. 1 0[...]

119 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 In software testing labs , the choi ces can be vari ous operating sys tems, vari ous editions of th e same operating system, or the sa me operating sys tem with various setting s or applicati ons. In a universit y or school lab, the ch oices can be various exer cises that students have t o exp[...]

120 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 If you need to perfor m both user-initiated d eployment and deployment throug h a deplo yment task, you can use the PX E server for the former an d bootable m edia for the latt er. Alternatively, you can use another Acronis Sn ap Deploy 5 OS D eploy Server to perform depl oyment through deploy[...]

121 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 3. Create the deploy ment templates (p. 85 ) acc ording to your organization’ s needs. Assign to each template a name that can be easily understood by the users. Select one or mor e templates to be added to the bo ot menu. Adding templates to the boot menu 4. Select how to display the boot m[...]

122 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 6. Review the operati on summary and then click S witch on to proceed. The softwar e creates the media with the cust om boot menu. Acronis Snap Deploy 5 OS Deploy Ser ver switches to th e user-initiated depl oyment mod e. Acronis Snap Deploy 5 OS Deploy Se rver in the user-init iated deploymen[...]

123 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 The user who reques ted deployment sees the foll owing screen whil e the depl oyment is in pr ogress. User-initiated deplo yment i n progress: view on the target mach ine ’s side 1 0. 6 . 4 C h a n gi n g p a r a m e t e r s o f t h e u s e r - i n i t i a t e d d e p l o y m e n t m o d e T[...]

124 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 10 .7 De plo yin g B IOS- ba se d s ys t em s t o U EFI - b a s ed a nd vi ce ver s a Acronis Snap Depl oy 5 supports transferring 64-bit Windows opera ting systems b etween BIOS-based hardware and hardw are that support s Unified Extensi ble Firmware Int erface (UEFI ). How it works Depending[...]

125 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 All other operating systems are n on-convertible.  Source and ta rget disk partition s tyle : MBR or GP T. System and b oot volume s of BIOS platf orms use MBR disks. Syst em and boot volumes of UEFI platforms use GPT disks. When selecting a n on-initializ ed target disk for deplo yment, th[...]

126 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Or igi nal s ys tem Ta rge t h ar dwa re BIOS Disk: MBR BIOS Disk: GPT UEFI Disk: MBR UEFI Disk: GPT UEFI OS: non- convertible Solution Deploy the operating system to a GPT disk or to an un initialized disk. mode in BIOS. 2. Perfor m the deployment under the bootable media. or After deployment[...]

127 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Or igi nal s ys tem Ta rge t h ar dwa re BIOS UEFI BIOS OS: non- convertible The target disk will b e initialized as the source on e (MBR). The target mach ine must support BIOS. Additional steps 1. Turn o ff the UEFI mode in BIOS. 2. Boot from a bootable media, an d perform the deployment. UE[...]

12 8 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 11 Ma nag in g th e l i s t of m ac hi nes ( t h e M a ch i n es v i ew ) The Machines vi ew shows a list of machines for which you can set up deployment by usin g Acronis Snap Deploy 5 OS Deploy S erver. A machine is deter mined by the MAC address of its network adap ter. A MAC add ress is a[...]

129 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Tip: Make sure that yo u specify the MAC address correctly. Any set of six hexadecimal n umbers is recognized as a valid MAC address of a machine, e ven if a network adapter with that a ddress does not actually exist. 11 .2 G ro ups of ma ch ine s Using groups helps you to organiz e the list o[...]

130 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014  Set label : Sets th e label that is sh own in the Machine c olumn. For exa mple, you c an use the network name of the machin e as the label. If no label is provided, the Machine c olumn shows the MAC address of the machi ne. 11 .4 St at es a nd re sul t s for ma c hi ne s The State column [...]

131 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 12 I n di vid u a l d ep l oy me n t set ti ng s By using individual se ttings for a machine, you can ove rride one or more deployment setting s (p. 88 ) of a deployment t emplate. Example. You creat ed a dep loyment template to perform deplo yment to 1 00 machines. For one of those machines, [...]

132 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014  User accounts (p. 95 )  Security identif iers (p. 96 )  Action after deploy ment (p. 96 )  Online deployment (p. 89 )  Licensing (p. 98 ) By selecting the Use machi ne license check box, you force usin g a machine licens e for the machine, even if th e template pres cribes usin[...]

133 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 13 Ma nag in g d epl oy m e n t tas ks (t h e De pl oym en t ta sks v i e w) The Deployment task s view c ontains the list of deployment tasks (p. 1 03) that you pre viously created on Acronis Snap Deploy 5 OS Depl oy Server. To o pe n t he D e p lo yme nt ta sks v ie w 1. Start Acronis Snap D[...]

134 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014  Run : Starts the selec ted task. The task will wai t for ma chines to become r eady and then will perform deploy ment to them.  Stop : Stops the s elected task. The machines wh ose deployment finished by the ti me you stop th e task remain depl oyed (the last result (p. 130 ) for such m[...]

135 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 14 C om ma nd -li ne mo d e an d scr i p ti ng u nde r W in P E Having booted a machine in Win dows Preinstallati on Environ ment (WinPE), the administrator c an perform imaging or deploy ment in the com mand-line mode or execute scripts. Acronis Snap Depl oy 5 Com mand-Line Utility is includ [...]

136 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 deploy Deploys disks and volumes, including the master boot record (MBR), from an image /filename: <file name> /password: <password> /net_user: <user name> /net_password: <password> /oss_numbers /reboot /shutdown /log: <file name> /log_net_user: <remote user>[...]

137 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 1 4. 1 . 2 C o m m o n p a r a m e t e rs ( p a r a me t e r s c o mm o n f o r m o s t c o m m a n d s ) Pa ram e te r De scr i pt i o n Im a ge lo cat io n Access to images /filename: <file name> Specifies the full path t o the image, including the file name Any /password: <password[...]

138 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Ge ner al o pt i on s /oss_numbers If this parameter is speci fied, the numbers of the volumes in the /partition parameter are adjusted for the MBR part ition table. This means that primary volu mes have numbers 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, and 1-4 (a disk can not have more than fou r primary volumes); logi[...]

139 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 /partition: <disk number> - <volume number> Specifies the volume s to include into the image file. Volume numbers are speci fied as < disk number> - <vol ume number> , for example: /partition:1 -1,1- 2,3 -1 See also the /oss_numbers parameter. To view the list of a vail[...]

140 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 /restore_bootable: < au to | on | off > Sets the rule of deploym ent for the master boot record (M BR) when deploying a volume (when d eploying a disk, MBR is alway s deployed):  auto : Deploy the MBR only when d eploying an a ctive volume that contains an op erating system. Use this [...]

141 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 /patching_sid Generates a unique s ecurity identifier (SID) for the target machin e. Without this parameter, th e target machine will ha ve the same SID as the master machine. /ud_path: <path to driver storage> /ud_username: <user name> /ud_password: <password> Specifies usin[...]

142 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 /filename: <file name> Displays the image con tent. When listing image content, volume numbers may not coin cide with those in the list of disks and volumes if the image does not con tain all the volumes. For example, if the image con tains only volumes 2 -3 and 2-5, th ey will be listed[...]

143 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 1 4. 1 . 4 U s a g e ex a m p l es Example 1. The f ollowing command creates an i mage arc.tib of hard disk 1, and places the im age to the network folder serve r1folder . The operati on log file log 1.log is saved in an other network folder: serve r2dir . Cred entials for both net work[...]

144 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Sample script setlocal SET IMG_PATH= image_serverimages SET TMP_DRV_LETTER=h: net use %TM P_DRV_LETTER% %IMG_PATH% echo off for /f "tokens=1 -13 de lims= " %%a i n ('ipconfig /all') do ( IF %%a EQU Physical ( for /f "tokens=1 -3 del ims= " %%a in ('echo %%[...]

145 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 Sample script setlocal SET IMG_PATH= image_serverimages SET TMP_DRV_LETTER=h: net use %TMP_DRV_LETT ER% %IMG_P ATH% echo off for /f "tokens=1 -13 de lims= " %%a in ('ipconfig /all') do ( IF %%a EQU Physical ( for /f "tokens=1 -3 del ims= " %%a in ('echo %%[...]

146 Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002- 2014 15 C ol lec ti ng s y st e m in fo rm ati o n The Acronis Syste m Report to ol collects informa tion about a machin e and sa ves this infor mation to a file. You may want t o provi de this file when contacting Acronis technical supp ort. The tool is available:  On a machine where Acronis Sn[...]