Acronis Snap Deploy 4 - User Guide - Manual (Page 23)

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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.