Deployment to any ready machines starts when a specified number of machines becomes ready. Acronis Snap Deploy 4 OS Deploy Server counts how many machines have connected to it, and starts deployment when a specified number of machines is reached. Deployment is usually performed by multicasting.
You can specify a time-out period. After the time-out, deployment will start anyway on the machines that will be ready at that moment.
This way of deployment decouples configuring the deployment operation from booting the target machines. You configure the deployment first, no matter whether the target machines are ready or not, and then boot the machines. The operation will start as soon as the target machines are ready or (optionally) on a time-out.
To create a deployment task for any ready machines
In the welcome screen, click Deploy image. If prompted, specify the machine where Acronis Snap Deploy 4 OS Deploy server is installed.
In Deploy the image to, select Any machines ready for deployment.
Select the condition that triggers the deployment:
Specify the number of machines that you need to deploy; for example, 70 machines.
Choose whether you want the deployment to start anyway after a time-out.
If you do not specify a time-out (clear the Deploy anyway after check box), the deployment server will wait until any 70 machines boot into Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Agent and connect to the deployment server.
If you specify a time-out, the deployment will start either when any 70 machines connect, or when the time runs out and at least one machine is connected. If no machine is connected, the task will stop.
Review the deployment operation summary and click Create to create and save the deployment task. You can see the task in the Deployment tasks view. The task will be in the Waiting for machines state until the specified number of machines is connected.
