Supported operating systems for imaging and deployment

Acronis Snap Deploy 4 provides full-featured imaging and deployment of the operating systems listed in the table that follows.

For most operating systems, you can change settings such as the network name that the machines will have after the deployment.

Deploying an operating system requires a license. Depending on the type of operating system, you need a server license or a workstation license. For details about licensing, see “Licensing policy”.

Operating system

Imaging and deployment

Changing settings

License type

Windows Server 2008 R2
(No Service Pack or Service Pack 1)

Yes

Yes

Server

Windows Server 2008 (x86, x64)
(No Service Pack, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack 2)

Yes

Yes

Server

Windows Server 2003 (x86, x64)
(No Service Pack, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack 2)

Yes

Yes

Server

Windows Server 2003 R2 (x86, x64)
(No Service Pack, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack 2)

Yes

Yes

Server

Windows Small Business Server 2011
(No Service Pack)

Yes

Yes

Server

Windows Small Business Server 2003
(No Service Pack, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack 2)

Yes

Yes

Server

Windows Storage Server 2003 R2
(No Service Pack, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack 2)

Yes

Yes

Server

Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition
(No Service Pack, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack 2)

Yes

Yes

Server

Windows 8 (x86, x64)

Yes

Yes

Workstation

Windows 8 Pro (x86, x64)

Yes

Yes

Workstation

Windows 8 Enterprise (x86, x64)

Yes

Yes

Workstation

Windows 7 Home Basic (x86, x64)
(No Service Pack or Service Pack 1)

Yes

Yes

Workstation

Windows 7 Home Premium (x86, x64)
(No Service Pack or Service Pack 1)

Yes

Yes

Workstation

Windows 7 Professional (x86, x64)
(No Service Pack or Service Pack 1)

Yes

Yes

Workstation

Windows 7 Ultimate (x86, x64)
(No Service Pack or Service Pack 1)

Yes

Yes

Workstation

Windows Vista Home Basic (x86, x64)
(No Service Pack, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack 2)

Yes

Yes

Workstation

Windows Vista Home Premium (x86, x64)
(No Service Pack, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack 2)

Yes

Yes

Workstation

Windows Vista Business (x86, x64)
(No Service Pack, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack 2)

Yes

Yes

Workstation

Windows Vista Ultimate (x86, x64)
(No Service Pack, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack 2)

Yes

Yes

Workstation

Windows XP Home
(Any Service Pack or no Service Pack)

Yes

Yes

Workstation

Windows XP Professional
(No Service Pack, Service Pack 1, Service Pack 2, or Service Pack 3)

Yes

Yes

Workstation

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
(No Service Pack, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack 2)

Yes

Yes

Workstation

Windows 2000 Server
(Any Service Pack or no Service Pack)

Yes

No

Server

Windows 2000 Advanced Server
(Any Service Pack or no Service Pack)

Yes

No

Server

Windows 2000 Professional
(Any Service Pack or no Service Pack)

Yes

No

Workstation

Windows NT/4.0 Server

Yes

No

Server

Windows 98/Me

Yes

No

Workstation

Linux (kernel: 2.4.9 and later)

Yes

No

Server

Acronis Snap Deploy 4 enables imaging and deployment of any PC-based operating system. However, for certain operating systems, some operations or options will not be available. For example, Windows 98/NT/ME, NT/4.0 Server, Windows 2000, and Linux (kernel: 2.4.9 and later) can be deployed only as is; on-the-fly settings adjustment is not performed.

Deploying an unrecognized operating system or a disk without an operating system requires a workstation license.

The Acronis Universal Deploy option is not applicable to the Windows 2000, Windows 98/NT/ME, and Windows NT/4.0 Server operating systems.