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6.13.2
Acronis Universal Deploy general principles
1. Automatic HAL and mass storage drivers selection
Acronis Universal Deploy searches the Windows default driver storage folders
(in the master image) for HAL and mass storage device drivers and installs
drivers that better fit the target hardware. You can specify a custom driver
repository (a folder or folders on a network drive or CD) which will also be
used for drivers search.
The Windows default driver storage folders are determined in the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current version\DevicePath.
Generally, it is WINDOWS/inf folder.
2. Manual selection of mass storage device driver
If the target hardware has a specific mass storage controller (such as a SCSI,
RAID, or Fibre Channel adapter) for the hard disk, you can install the
appropriate driver manually, bypassing the automatic driver search-and-install
procedure.
3. Installing drivers for plug-and-play devices
The primary goal of Acronis Universal Deploy is to boot the deployed system.
The current version of this product handles only HAL and mass storage device
drivers and does not install drivers for other devices (sound cards, network
adapters, video cards etc.). Once the deployed system starts, Windows takes
control and initiates the usual first-start process. At this point, you will be able
to specify drivers for other devices if Windows cannot find them automatically.
If you plan to deploy a system to multiple computers that are identical to each
other but differ from the master computer hardware, use Acronis Universal
Deploy to modify the master system once and then image and deploy it to the
additional computers. Acronis Universal Deploy will save you from configuring
a new master system for each system you will deploy.
6.13.3
Deploying a system on a virtual machine
Using Acronis Snap Deploy with Acronis Universal Deploy you can perform
physical-to-virtual and virtual-to-physical computer migration in the same way
as with real systems.
If the virtual hard drive uses a SCSI controller, you should provide the
appropriate drivers while performing system restore to the virtual machine.
For example, the widespread VMware environment requires Buslogic or LSI
logic drivers. Acronis recommends that you use drivers bundled with your
virtual machine software or download the latest drivers versions from the
software manufacturer website.
6.13.4
How to get Acronis Universal Deploy
Acronis Universal Deploy is an add-on option to Acronis Snap Deploy. It is
purchased separately and installed from a separate setup file on a computer
where Acronis OS Deploy Server is installed (see
Acronis Universal Deploy
installation
). For more information visit
http://www.acronis.com
.