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4 supported types of disk and firmware interface, 5 usage – Acronis Snap Deploy 4 - User Guide User Manual

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A sizeable image can be split between multiple media automatically.

Acronis Snap Deploy 4 OS Deploy Server can deploy images located:

In network folders.

On an internal hard disk of the deployment server.

On USB and FireWire (IEEE-1394) storage devices (hard drives, flash drives) attached to the

deployment server.

On DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW, or recordable Blu-ray Discs (BD-R, BD-RE) loaded in the

media drive of the deployment server.

The best practice is keeping images on the deployment server’s hard disk. This minimizes network

traffic during deployment.

The image created on removable media has to fit into one media disk. To deploy an image spread

over two or more CDs, DVDs or other media, copy all parts of the image to the same folder on the

deployment server or to a network folder.

Acronis Snap Deploy 4 Standalone Utility can deploy images located:

In network folders.

On USB and FireWire (IEEE-1394) storage devices (hard drives, flash drives) attached to the

managed machine.

On DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW, or recordable Blu-ray Discs (BD-R, BD-RE) loaded in the

media drive of the managed machine.

The image created on removable media has to fit into one media disk. To deploy an image spread

over two or more CDs, DVDs or other media, copy all parts of the image to the same folder on an

external drive or to a network folder.

2.4 Supported types of disk and firmware interface

Acronis Snap Deploy 4 can perform imaging and deployment of basic disks whose partitioning

scheme is master boot record (MBR) or GUID Partition Table (GPT).

You can perform deployment to a basic MBR or GPT disk as well as an empty or uninitialized disk.

Dynamic disks currently are not supported for imaging and deployment.

Both basic input/output system (BIOS) and Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware

interfaces are supported for master and target machines.

Tip: To perform imaging and deployment of systems that are not supported by Acronis Snap Deploy 4, such as

dynamic disks, you can use the Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 product. Namely, you can “image” the machine

by creating a disk-level backup of it, and then perform “deployment” to the target machine by recovering data

from the backup. For more information, including the list of supported operating systems, refer to Help for

Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.

2.5 Usage

This section gives a general idea of using the product and does not contain the detailed instructions

on how to perform operations. Nevertheless, advanced users are welcome to use this section as a

step-by-step quick start guide. The details can be found in the further sections.