Acronis Snap Deploy 5 - User Guide - Manual (Page 26)

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6. Select the machines, click Deploy image on the toolbar, and then follow the Create Deployment
Task Wizard instructions to configure and launch the deployment operation. When prompted
about when you want to run the deployment, select Now.
Deployment that starts manually
2.6 What is Acronis Universal Deploy
Acronis Universal Deploy is the Acronis proprietary technology that helps deploy and boot up a
Windows or a Linux operating system on dissimilar hardware. Acronis Universal Deploy saves you
from configuring a new master system for each make of hardware you need to perform deployment
to.
If you plan to deploy an operating system to multiple machines that are identical to each other but
differ from the master machine hardware, deploy the master image to one of the identical machines
by using Acronis Universal Deploy. This will adjust the operating system to the dissimilar hardware.
Then, create a master image of the adjusted system and deploy that image to the identical machines.
2.6.1 Acronis Universal Deploy purpose
An image of a system can be deployed easily on the hardware where it was created or to identical
hardware. However, if you change a motherboard or use another processor version, the deployed
system could be unbootable. An attempt to transfer the system to a new, much more powerful
machine will usually produce the same result. This is because the new hardware is usually
incompatible with the most critical drivers included in the image.
Using Microsoft System Preparation Tool (Sysprep) does not solve this problem, because Sysprep
permits adding drivers only for Plug and Play devices (such as sound cards, network adapters, and
video cards). As for the system Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) and mass-storage device drivers,
they must be identical on the source and the target machines; see Microsoft Knowledge Base,
articles 302577 and 216915.
Acronis Universal Deploy technology provides an efficient solution for hardware-independent system
deployment by adding the crucial Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) and mass-storage device drivers.