• Introduction
  • Thank you for downloading this release of Acronis Snap Deploy Server. This file contains information that supplements the Acronis Snap Deploy Server documentation such as requirements, information on new features, corrected bugs, known problems, etc.
  • This file was updated with the latest information available at release time.
  • Installation Instructions
  • We strongly recommend that you refer to the product installation instructions and the product user’s manual prior to installing and operating Acronis Snap Deploy Server.
  • Refer to the Acronis, Inc. web site at http://www.acronis.com for more information.
  • Software Requirements
  • For Acronis Snap Deploy Server components installation:
  • - Pentium processor or higher
  • - 128 MB RAM
  • - keyboard
  • - mouse (recommended)
  • - Floppy disk drive, CD-R/RW drive or another device for bootable media creating (USB-device, Zip drive, flash drive etc.)
  • - PXE support (recommended)
  • For target computers:
  • - Pentium processor or higher
  • - 128 MB RAM
  • - keyboard
  • - mouse (recommended)
  • - Floppy disk drive, CD-ROM drive, any other device to boot from (USB hard drive, Zip drive, Flash , etc.) or PXE support
  • - DHCP Server (recommended)
  • Supported operating systems
  • Acronis OS Deploy Server
  • - Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions
  • - Windows NT/2000/XP Professional
  • - Windows NT 4.0 Server/2000 Server/2000 Advanced Server/2003 Server
  • - Windows Vista
  • Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console
  • - Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions
  • - Windows NT/2000/XP Professional
  • - Windows NT 4.0 Server/2000 Server/2000 Advanced Server/2003 Server
  • - Windows 98/Me
  • - Windows Vista
  • Operating systems for deployment
  • - Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions
  • - Windows NT 4.0 Server/2000 Server/2000 Advanced Server/2003 Server
  • - Windows NT/2000/XP
  • - Windows 98/Me
  • - Windows Vista
  • Acronis Universal Deploy Server
  • - Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions
  • - Windows 2000 Professional SP4/XP Professional SP2
  • - Windows 2000 Server/2000 Advanced Server/2003 Server
  • - Windows Vista
  • Acronis Snap Deploy Server enables, with certain limitations (some operations or options will not be available), deployment of any PC-based operating system.
  • Supported file systems and Media
  • Acronis Snap Deploy Server supports the following file systems:
  • - FAT16/32
  • - NTFS
  • - Ext2/Ext3
  • - ReiserFS
  • - Reiser4
  • - Linux SWAP
  • - XFS
  • - JFS
  • Supported media
  • Acronis Snap Deploy Server supports any local, network and removable media, including:
  • - Local and networked hard drives
  • - IDE and SCSI RAID controllers of any level
  • - CD-R/RW*
  • - DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW (DVD burning software required)*
  • - USB and FireWire (IEEE-1394) storage devices*
  • - Magneto-optical media, Iomega ZIP/Jaz, etc.*
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  • Installing Acronis Snap Deploy Server
  • You can install all the Acronis Snap Deploy Server components (Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console, Acronis OS Deploy Server, PXE Server, Acronis Snap Deploy Management Agent and Acronis License Server) on one PC or each component on a separate networked computer.
  • It is recommended that you install Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console first. You then will be able to install most of other components remotely to any networked computer.
  • Before installing Acronis OS Deploy Server, you need to install the Acronis License Server and import license numbers to it
  • The installation procedure may differ from the one described below, depending on the component.
  • To install an Acronis Snap Deploy Server component:
  • 1. Run the Acronis Snap Deploy Server setup procedure.
  • 2. In the Install Menu, select the component that you are going to install on a current PC.
  • 3. Follow the install wizard instructions on the screen.
  • Acronis Universal Deploy Server installation
  • Acronis Universal Deploy Server is an option to Acronis Snap Deploy Server. It must be purchased separately and installed from a separate setup file.
  • Acronis Universal Deploy Server can only be installed on a computer where Acronis OS Deploy Server is installed.
  • Acronis Universal Deploy Server can be installed on a networked computer either locally, by running the setup program, or remotely.
  • To install Acronis Universal Deploy Server remotely, extract the setup file (.msi) to a network share and install Acronis Universal Deploy Server in the same way as other Acronis Snap Deploy Server components.
  • For more detailed description of installation steps see Acronis Snap Deploy Server user’s manual.
  • What’s New?
  • - Acronis Universal Deploy Server option - Automatic selection of the HAL and mass storage device drivers to fit the target hardware
  • - Windows Vista support
  • - A facility of master and target computers boot with Microsoft RIS server
  • - New Bootable Media Builder
  • - New master image creation options (setting the priority of the imaging process, validating the newly created image etc.)
  • - New deployment options (resizing partitions according to the proportion of the master and target disk capacities, shutting down the target computers after deployment etc.)
  • Known Problems and Limitations
  • - Recall License function is available during managing used licenses via console
  • - There is no message about patching while the patching finishes successfully.
  • Technical support
  • Users of legally purchased copies of Acronis Snap Deploy Server are entitled to free technical support from Acronis. If you experience problems installing or using Acronis products that you can’t solve yourself by using this guide, then please contact Acronis Technical Support.
  • More information about contacting Acronis Technical Support is available at the following link: http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/support/