Introduction
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Disk cloning and new disk deployment
Acronis True Image Enterprise Server can be used to clone an image onto multiple
servers. For example, let’s say a company purchased several servers and needs the
same environment on each of them. Traditionally, the IT manager would install the
operating system and all programs on each system, then configure the systems one
at a time. Acronis True Image simplifies the process and saves time by creating a
disk image of the first system. That image is then deployed onto the multiple
servers.
If you need to upgrade the server hard disk drive, Acronis True Image Enterprise
Server reduces the task to a few mouse clicks by duplicating an exact copy of the
old disk onto a new one, adjusting partitions sizes automatically to fit the new hard
disk.
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Acronis True Image Enterprise Server key features
Acronis True Image Enterprise Server offers the following features:
Image creation and restoration without reboot in most cases
Acronis True Image Enterprise Server images only the sectors that contain data,
so images are created in just a few minutes
Acronis True Image Enterprise Server supports a variety of IDE, SCSI, USB,
FireWire, and PC Card (formerly PCMCIA) storage media
Support for all hard disks, regardless of capacity
Network tape drives support for images saving and restoring
Full and incremental backups
Support of basic and dynamic disk imaging
Scheduled and periodical image creation
Remote images creation
Remote images restoring
Remote images checking
Remote scheduling of reserve image creation
Scheduling group tasks for remote computers
SCSI tape support
Command-line mode support
Logs viewing
Databases work suspension for an image creation period
Automatic or manual hard disk installation
Partition relocation and resizing