Glenn Bristol
Articles
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Distribution points
With the introduction of the SmartDeploy web console, SmartDeploy supports distribution points, which are local or cloud locations where admins can store deployment assets such as images and Platfo...
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Deploy an Application Pack
Follow these steps to deploy an Application Pack over the network from the SmartDeploy Console. Start the Application Deployment In the Computer Management workspace of the SmartDeploy Console, ide...
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Trial and Licensing
SmartDeploy is free to download, install, and use for 15 days. During this trial period, you can use SmartDeploy to create and update images, Platform Packs, and deployment media and to deploy to t...
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Capture an Image from a Virtual Disk File
With the Reference Virtual Machine (VM) ready and shut down, you can use the Capture Wizard to create an image from the VM's virtual hard disk file. This article contains screenshots of the Smar...
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Unable to authenticate with the provided SmartDeploy Api Service URL
If you receive the error message "Unable to authenticate with the provided SmartDeploy Api Service URL" you can follow these steps to troubleshoot: Open Services.msc and confirm that the MongoDB Se...
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How do I join an existing SmartDeploy account?
Go to www.smartdeploy.com, and click Log in in the upper-right corner. Click Don’t have an account? Create one or go directly to https://register.smartdeploy.com. Enter your first and last name ...
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How do cloud clients connect to the console?
SmartDeploy supports two ways for clients to communicate with the SmartDeploy Console Service: Local-first (default): the client tries the console over the local network first, then fails over to c...
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Force a Cloud Connection
OverviewBy default, the SmartDeploy Client attempts to connect to the SmartDeploy Console using the local API Service URI (over your corporate network), for example:https://<consolehostname>:8080If...
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System Requirements
Workstation and Operating System RequirementsFor SmartDeploy central server and client workstation requirements, as well as supported virtualization platforms, please see the SmartDeploy Release No...
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Create an Answer File
This article contains screenshots of the SmartDeploy Web Console (click here for more info). The actions described can also be performed in the desktop console. This article walks through how t...