Creating Disk Partitions

You can use
Partition Disk
option to create partitions on your disk. Before you install an OS using Deployment Solution, the drive must have partitions.
You access the
Partition Disk
task from
Manage > Jobs and Tasks
menu. In the
Jobs and Tasks
window, expand
System Jobs and Tasks
and right-click
Deployment > New > Task
option. In the
Create New Task
dialog box, access
Deployment > Partition Disk
.
The drive that you want to partition must not contain any previous partitions on it. If the drive was previously used and contains partitions, you can use the
Erase Disk
task to delete those partitions.
The partitions that you must create for BIOS based and UEFI/EFI based client computers are as follows:
BIOS
NTFS
Align must not be set
Mark as Active option must be selected
UEFI/EFI
EFI
Align must be set to 1MB
(optional) Mark as Active option must be selected
UEFI/EFI
MSR
Align must be set to 1MB
(optional) Mark as Active option must be selected
UEFI/EFI
NTFS
Align must not be set
Mark as Active option must not be selected
  1. To create disk partitions
  2. In the Symantec Management Console, from the
    Manage
    menu select
    Jobs and tasks
    .
  3. On the right pane, right-click
    Jobs and tasks
    and select
    New
    >
    Task
    .
  4. On the
    Create new task
    page, select
    Partition Disk
    .
  5. Specify a name for the task on the first field.
  6. Click
    Add
    .
  7. On the
    Add Partition
    dialog box, select and enter the required information.
    Is Secondary disk
    Select this option if you want to partition the disk as a secondary disk.
    Disk Number
    Select the disk drive for which the partition is created.
    GPT Partitioning
    Select the type of partition from either of the following:
    • EFI
      In EFI-based GPT partition, the computer boots to the EFI partition.
    • MSR
    • The Microsoft reserved partition (MSR) is used for UEFI/GPT partition system and must be located before the partition on which you want to install the Windows operating system.
    If, you select the
    GPT partitioning
    option, then the
    Format
    ,
    Partition
    , and the
    Size
    options are disabled.
    Format
    Select the format of the partition as
    Fat32
    ,
    NTFS
    , and
    EXT
    .
    Partition
    Select the type of partition to create such as
    Extended
    ,
    Logical
    , and
    Primary
    . By default,
    Primary
    is selected.
    Mark Partition as Active
    This option is selected automatically for
    Primary
    partitions. For
    Extended
    and
    Logical
    , this option is disabled. If there are more than one primary partitions, then only one partition can be active at a time.
    If you create a single NTFS partition for a BIOS-based computer then, you must select the
    Mark Partition as Active
    option. If you create the NTFS partition for UEFI/EFI based computer then you should not select this option.
    Size - Percent
    The size of the partition as a percentage of the total drive.
    Size - Fixed Size
    The size of the partition as a specific size.
    Align
    Lets you override the way in which the partitions are aligned when an individual partition or disk full of partitions is restored. By default it is set to 1MB. You must use this option only for creating a GPT partition.
    You must not select the
    Align
    option for the following:
    • Creating an operating system or data partition
    • For UEFI/EFI based computers with last partition as NTFS
  8. Click
    OK
  9. On the
    Create New Task
    page, click
    OK
    .