Acronis SNAP DEPLOY 3 for Workstation DATASHEET

DATA SHEET

Acronis® Snap Deploy® 3

for Workstation

All private and public sector organisations (businesses, schools, federal/state/local
governments, etc.) face increasing challenges when configuring and deploying new
workstations in a distributed environment. Having a deployment solution that enables
them to use a standard configuration for a new machine will significantly decrease
support expenses.

Acronis has a solution to address this need. Acronis® Snap Deploy® is a comprehensive
deployment solution that enables organisations to deploy new workstations quickly
and easily. Using disk imaging technology that creates an image of an entire hard
disk drive, including the operating system and all applications, it is ideal for rapid
bare-metal installations of workstations.

Features

• NEW! Flexible Deployment
(standalone/custom/

event-driven)

• NEW! Deployment
Scheduling

• NEW! Improved Security

• NEW! Wake-on-LAN

• NEW! Acronis Media Builder

• Centralised Management

• Enhanced PXE server

• Multicasting minimises
deployment time by sending
image simultaneously to
multiple machines

• Deploy to dissimilar
hardware with
Acronis Universal Deploy

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Deployment in just a few steps:

1. Create a standard configuration image, including the operating system, applications,
and other settings

2.Create a bootable media diskette or CD, an ISO image, or RIS boot package or
configure a Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) with Acronis Snap Deploy agents

3. Boot the bare system you want to deploy with the bootable media, or PXE, enabling
the bare systems to connect to the main deployment server

4. Deployment server begins transfer of the standard configuration to the bare system.
Systems are deployed when the transferred image is applied to the target system
and the system is booted for the first time. No installation of the operating system or
applications is required – the image contains everything the system needs to run

5. Using the additional option Acronis Universal Deploy the target system hardware is
adapted

1 additional option

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Feature Benefit

Acronis Universal Deploy

NEW! New Media Builder

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Ensures that your new systems will boot by allowing you to add drivers and create templates for
specific hardware

Facilitates deployment by providing more options for creating bootable media. You can create ISOs,
RIS2 packages, and place multiple configurations on one CD

Maximise the performance of new machines by allowing partitions to be resized. Ensure that

Customisable Deployment Options

machines are properly deployed by providing options to reboot or shutdown after the master image
is applied

NEW! Enhanced PXE Server

NEW! Support for Pre-installation

Environments (WinPE/BartPE)

Disk Imaging Deployment

Pre-deployment Utilities

NEW! Scheduled Deployment

More easily create a PXE by specifying default configurations and timeout parameters for rebooting
new systems

Automatic deployment via command line and script execution under WinPE and BartPE

Fast deployment of new systems because the product enables users to create an image of a system
that includes the operating system and applications

Easily configure system settings such as network settings, domain/workgroup settings, computer
name, user name, and Security Identifier (SID), by applying them to an image before deployment

Increases the flexibility and productivity of the deployment plan using scheduled deployment

Multicasting Minimises deployment time by sending image simultaneously to multiple machines

NEW! Wake-on-LAN

Wizard-driven Graphical User Interface
(GUI)

NEW! Improved Security

NEW! Standalone Image Deployment

NEW! Custom Deployment

NEW! Event-driven Deployment

Remote boot of workstation

Easy to use

MAC filter, passwords, and encrypted communication using SSL ensure that data is kept
confidential

Deployment of the local system without network connection by selection of a preconfigured
deployment task

Users are able to re-deploy their computers with one click on the boot menu

Deployment can be run when the predefined number of computers is ready or after a timeout

Supported Operating Systems for Deployment

Windows Vista/XP/2000

Image Compatibility with:

Acronis Snap Deploy 2.0
Acronis® Backup & Recovery® 10 enterprise solutions

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additional option

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Microsoft Remote Installation Service

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For detailed specifications please refer to the user guide or the website

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