ACRONIS SNAP DEPLOY 3 - FOR WORKSTATION User's Guide download pdf (Page 106)

The following picture illustrates deployment to specific machines within a single subnet. If the target

machines are located in another subnet, you may need to perform additional steps (p. 108) before

creating the deployment task.

Deployment to specific machines within one subnet

To create a deployment task for specific machines

1. Make sure that you have completed the preparation steps (p. 103).

2. Start Acronis Snap Deploy 5 Management Console.

3. In the welcome screen, click Deploy image. If prompted, specify the machine where Acronis Snap

Deploy 5 OS Deploy server is installed.

4. In Deploy to, select The machines listed below.

5. Select Add machines -> From file, and then specify the file with the MAC addresses you created.

You can also specify the MAC addresses manually (select Add machines -> By MAC address) or

select machines that are currently listed in the Machines view (select Add machines -> From

machine list).

6. Tune the PXE server as follows:

a. Select the Use PXE server for booting into agent check box, and then click Specify.

b. Specify the name or the IP address of the machine with the PXE server, and the user name

and password of an administrator on that machine.

Tuning the PXE server ensures that the machines in your list boot into Acronis Snap Deploy 5

Agent when the task starts (even though you selected Start operating system (p. 104) as the

default boot menu option), and boot to the operating system after the task finishes.

Machines that are not in your list are not affected: they boot according to the default boot menu

option.

The PXE server remains tuned until the task finishes. It becomes tuned again the next time the

task starts.

Note when using WinPE: Tuning the PXE server is not effective if you uploaded the bootable components to

the PXE server directly (using the Acronis PXE Server setting) when creating a WinPE-based bootable media

(p. 70). This is because choosing a default boot menu option is not available in this case. You need to create

a PE image first (using the WIM image setting), and then upload the PE image to the PXE server (p. 71).

7. If the machines are located in a different subnet than the deployment server (p. 108), specify the

Wake-on-LAN proxy installed in that subnet, as follows:

a. Expand Show Wake-on-LAN Proxy settings, and then click Specify.

b. Specify the name or the IP address of the machine with Acronis Wake-on-LAN Proxy, and the

user name and password of an administrator on that machine.

8. Click Next.

9. Create a deployment template (p. 85) or select an existing one.

10. Specify when to run the task (set up the deployment schedule):

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