Automate the Process
Hi,
We have few hundred Desktop computers that we would like to image. Acronis Image is already been built and is on the server.
we can use Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5 Or Acronis True Image 2014 to (Using bookable CD) to image each computer
at this time we don't have any Imaging server, just the file server which we keep all the images there and each time we want to image a computer we have to boot from the CD and then navigate to image which is very long path (i.e. \\server name\folder1\folder2\folder3\folder4\Name of the image)
my question is, is there any way to automate the process and just boot to a CD and then it goes directly to that image and start the recovery process, without asking for username/password?
Any help is appreciated.
Regards

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Hi Kiarash
Just wanted to check a few points, if your main intention to perform recoveries on the 100+ desktop computers regularly or to perform a backup of the systems regularly ?
If it's to perform a backup of each system it might be a good idea to look at installing the Acronis agent on each system (or pushing it out to each of them) then setting up a backup plan for your systems to be backed up as needed or on a schedule.
If your main objective is to perform regular restores of systems (eg, education environment to reset labs/clasrooms to defaults..etc) often these PC's use similar if not the same hardware and a single system image can often be taken for a range of PC's... You might like to look at the Acronis Snap Deploy product in this case as it might be a good fit if this is what you are after.
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If all the desktop is the same, you can use acronis PXE option.
But, i think the best solution will be SECURE ZONE.
Make a TIB file for every desktop and store it under every desktop secure zone.
Now, if you want to restore it to the original image, just boot the PC using F11 and restore it....
Very simple.
There is an option to use the acronis command line from the server side and recove the desktop automaticly.
You will need to read the manuel for that, but it is very simple proccess.
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