Installation of Management Agent

Installation of Management Agent adds the ability for online imaging, the ability to validate integrity of the master images, and enables OS Deploy Server to start deployment on the machine while it is online.

Online imaging means that the master system is imaged live (without restarting the machine or suspending operations). You can perform online imaging remotely by connecting the console to the management agent installed on the master machine. The management agent will be included in the master image and deployed on all target machines.

However, having excess software in the master image is not always rational.

We recommend that you create a master image by using the bootable component called Master Image Creator. Nevertheless, having at least one management agent on the network (not necessarily on the master machine) makes sense. You will be able to validate (check) the integrity of your images by using the management agent.

When installing the management agent on target machines in the environment with several deployment servers, do the following:

1. Turn off all of the deployment servers.
2. On each target machine, do the following:
   1. Install the management agent.
   2. Add the ManagementAgent key to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Acronis\SnapDeploy
   3. Add the Server string value.
   4. In the Server string value, specify the IP address of the desired deployment server.
3. Turn on the deployment servers.