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Multiple Cloned Machines

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So I'm not sure if Acronis can do what I need done or not, so I figured I would come and ask.

We have a copy of Acronis True Image 2015. I have a WDS enironment set up but I can't tweak the images enough to be able to accomplish what I will need done on 68 new machines we will be buying. They should all be the same exact machine so instead of handloading them I thought I could hand load the first one, and then clone them out from there. I was hoping to be able to clone an image to a USB drive or netrwork location and image from there. I have used the software multiple times to clone internal hard drives, especially when upgrading from HDD to SSD, and it's super easy to do most of the time, I just haven't tried it with this method before. If it isn't possible to put the cloned image in a temporary location like this, I'm not sure the mini PC's we will be getting support more than one SATA device, so we might be stuck, but I thought I'd ask in the forums first.

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Core IT, welcome to these user forums.

ATIH 2015 is a home user product aimed at the domestic user market and not really suited to your requirement to clone as many as 68 machines.

I would recommend looking at the Acronis Snap Deploy 5 product which is designed and intended to do what you are asking about.

You should consider opening a PreSales Support Call directly with Acronis who would be best positioned to advise you on this matter.

 

I will attempt to get ahold of Acronis sale support, their chat seems to be broken and they don't offer a phone number. My only option is to submit a ticket so I will wait on a reply from somone.

It also seems that the Acronis Website isn't working very well to research that software on my own. It just keeps complaining about the browser being outdated and so far I have tried IE 11, Chrome 58, and Edge 15 on two different PC's.

Sorry to hear that you are having problems with the Acronis website, I have just opened http://www.acronis.com/en-gb/business/enterprise-solutions/image-deployment/ in my Chrome 58 browser with no problem and was able to open the Snap Deploy 5 User Guide - see copy attached below.

If you still have problems, then send a Private Message to Ekaterina who is the forum moderator and can get someone to contact you directly.

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Yikes, I even went home for lunch and tried my home PC's and they all get the same error on the website in all my browsers. Thank you for the document, I will look it over and try to get in contact with someone to talk specifics. Thanks for your help!