Acronis Snap Deploy 5: Operation fails with "Failed to execute asynchronous action."

Symptoms

1. BitDefender is installed on the same machine with Acronis Snap Deploy

2. You try to add machines to the list by specifying a file with MAC addresses

3. Operation fails with error:

Failed to execute asynchronous action

Cause

 BitDefender conflicts with Acronis Snap Deploy 5.

Solution

Add the following folders to exclusions by BitDefender:

C:\Program Files\Acronis\