User Guide User guide

1 Introducing Acronis Snap Deploy 5

1.1 Overview

1.1.1 What is Acronis Snap Deploy 5

Acronis Snap Deploy 5 is a flexible, efficient software solution for deployment of a fully configured

operating system (with or without application software and any other data) to multiple machines.

Because the product uses disk imaging technology, it is ideal for rapid bare-metal installations and

flexible centralized provisioning.

1.1.2 Who needs Acronis Snap Deploy 5

Acronis Snap Deploy 5 is primarily designed to be used by:

 Small and medium-size businesses:

 IT service providers

 Hardware retailers

 IT departments of larger corporations

 Schools and universities

 R&D and software testing labs

The enterprise features of Acronis Snap Deploy 5 (scheduled deployment, support for Preinstallation

Environment, command-line interface, and scripting, to name a few) can help automate the tasks of

the IT department in large enterprise environments.

1.1.3 Acronis Snap Deploy 5 infrastructure

Components of the Acronis infrastructure are installed on Windows machines. Managing the Acronis

infrastructure is performed by using Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Management Console.

A reference image, called the master image, can be taken in Windows, in the Acronis environment,

or in Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) that contains components of Acronis Snap

Deploy 5.

Deployment is performed in the Acronis environment or in WinPE that contains components of

Acronis Snap Deploy 5. In either environment, Acronis Snap Deploy 5 provides the graphical user

interface (GUI). In addition, command-line mode and scripting are supported in WinPE.

A dedicated bootable utility enables fully-functional deployment with GUI on a stand-alone machine

(a machine that is isolated from the network or is included in a network without Acronis Snap Deploy

5 infrastructure).

1.2 What's new in Update 1

 Deployment to a machine running Windows can be started while the machine is online.

 Support for stand-alone deployment to machines running 32-bit UEFI systems (tablets).

 The 32-bit UEFI firmware interface is now supported for master and target machines.

 Acronis PXE Server now supports UEFI booting.