© Acronis, Inc 3Table of Contents1. Introducing Acronis® Snap Deploy® ...............................................................................61.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................... 61.1.1 What is Acronis Snap Deploy ........................................................................................ 61.1.2 Who needs Acronis Snap Deploy? ................................................................................ 61.1.3 Acronis Snap Deploy infrastructure ................................................................................ 61.2 What you can do with Acronis Snap Deploy 3 ....................................................................... 71.2.1 Take an image of the master system (Acronis Snap Deploy 2.0 functionality) .................... 71.2.2 Manual deployment (Acronis Snap Deploy 2.0 functionality) ............................................ 71.2.3 Scheduled deployment (new in v 3)............................................................................... 71.2.4 Event-driven deployment (new in v 3) ........................................................................... 81.2.5 Command line and scripting under Win PE (new in v 3) .................................................. 81.2.6 Standalone deployment (new in v 3) ............................................................................. 91.2.7 Custom Deployment (User-initiated deployment) (new in v 3) ......................................... 91.2.8 Deployment of a disk partition or MBR (new in v 3) ...................................................... 101.2.9 Selective deployment (MAC filtering) (new in v 3) ......................................................... 101.2.10 Password protection (new in v 3) .............................................................................. 101.2.11 Manage a remote computer (Acronis Snap Deploy 2.0 functionality) ............................. 101.3 What else is new in v 3? ................................................................................................... 101.3.1 Encrypted communication .......................................................................................... 101.3.2 Multicast TTL and network bandwidth throttling ........................................................... 111.4 Supported operating systems ............................................................................................ 111.5 License policy .................................................................................................................. 121.5.1 Server and workstation licenses .................................................................................. 121.5.2 Licenses for Acronis Universal Deploy .......................................................................... 121.5.3 Acronis Snap Deploy trial version ................................................................................ 121.6 Upgrade to v 3 ................................................................................................................ 121.6.1 Upgrading licenses ..................................................................................................... 131.6.2 Upgrading components .............................................................................................. 131.7 Technical support ............................................................................................................ 132. Understanding Acronis Snap Deploy...............................................................................152.1 Terminology .................................................................................................................... 152.2 Components .................................................................................................................... 162.3 Support for file systems and storage media ........................................................................ 172.3.1 Supported file systems ............................................................................................... 172.3.2 Supported media ....................................................................................................... 172.4 Usage ............................................................................................................................. 172.4.1 Offline imaging .......................................................................................................... 182.4.2 Online imaging .......................................................................................................... 192.4.3 Deployment .............................................................................................................. 192.5 What is Acronis Universal Deploy ...................................................................................... 212.5.1 Acronis Universal Deploy purpose................................................................................ 212.5.2 Acronis Universal Deploy general principles .................................................................. 212.5.3 Acronis Universal Deploy and Microsoft Sysprep ........................................................... 222.5.4 Getting Acronis Universal Deploy ................................................................................. 223. Installation ..................................................................................................................... 233.1 System requirements ....................................................................................................... 233.2 Used ports and IP addresses............................................................................................. 233.3 General rules of installation .............................................................................................. 243.3.1 Installation file........................................................................................................... 243.3.2 Common installation configurations ............................................................................. 243.4 Installation of Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console ................................................... 263.5 Installation of Acronis License Server................................................................................. 263.5.1 Installation ................................................................................................................ 263.5.2 Adding licenses using Acronis Snap Deploy Management Console .................................. 27