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== Enterprise line == === Symantec GHOST Solution Suite 1.0 (GHOST 8.2) === [[File:Ghost-screenshot.png|thumb|right|Symantec GHOST 8.2]] Released November 15, 2004, Symantec renamed the Enterprise version of GHOST to ''Symantec GHOST Solution Suite 1.0''. This helped clarify the difference between the consumer and business editions of the product. According to Symantec, Symantec GHOST and Norton GHOST are two separate product lines based around different technologies developed by different teams.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://community.broadcom.com/symantecenterprise/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?MessageKey=2c3172d5-d5d9-4789-8d45-7be2d392a8fd&CommunityKey=a09bf38e-384d-4845-af76-32036f4fedee&tab=digestviewer%23bm2c3172d5-d5d9-4789-8d45-7be2d392a8fd |title=Brief overview of Symantec Ghost and Norton Ghost versions | Ghost Solution Suite |website=community.broadcom.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831183915/https://community.broadcom.com/symantecenterprise/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?MessageKey=2c3172d5-d5d9-4789-8d45-7be2d392a8fd&CommunityKey=a09bf38e-384d-4845-af76-32036f4fedee&tab=digestviewer%23bm2c3172d5-d5d9-4789-8d45-7be2d392a8fd |archive-date=31 August 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> This was further defined in February 2006, with the release of Norton Save And Restore (also known as ''Norton Backup And Restore''), a standalone backup application based on GHOST 10.0. === Symantec GHOST Solution Suite 1.1 (GHOST 8.3) === GHOST Solution Suite 1.1 was released in December 2005. GHOST Solution Suite 1.1 is a bundle of an updated version of Ghost, Symantec Client Migration (a user data and settings migration tool) and the former PowerQuest equivalent, DeployCenter (using PQI images). It can create an image file that is larger than 2 GB. (In GHOST 8.2 or earlier, such image files are automatically split into two or more segments, so that each segment has a maximum size of 2 GB.) Other new features include more comprehensive manufacturing tools, and the ability to create a "universal boot disk".{{Explain|date=September 2014}} === Symantec GHOST Solution Suite 2.0 (GHOST 11.0) === GHOST Solution Suite 2.0 was released in November 2006. This version provides significant improvements in performance, as well as the ability to edit NTFS images. This version also adds support for [[Windows Vista]], [[x64]] versions of Windows, and [[GUID Partition Table]] (GPT) disks. However, the software does not fully support systems with [[Extensible Firmware Interface]] (EFI) firmware. GHOST 11.0 supports saving and restoring from native GHOST image format (.gho, .ghs) and raw images (.img, .raw). === Symantec GHOST Solution Suite 2.5 (GHOST 11.5) === The GHOST software for enterprise, including GHOST 11.5, was released in May 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forums.symantec.com/syment/board/message?board.id=109&thread.id=11343|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121217185412/https://forums.symantec.com/syment/board/message?board.id=109&thread.id=11343|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 December 2012|title=Brief overview of Symantec Ghost and Norton Ghost versions|date=5 May 2008}}</ref> New features include:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.symantec.com/business/products/newfeatures.jsp?pcid=pcat_infrastruct_op&pvid=865_1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621004723/http://www.symantec.com/business/products/newfeatures.jsp?pcid=pcat_infrastruct_op&pvid=865_1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 21, 2008 |title=Ghost Solution Suite |access-date=2008-10-16 |publisher=[[NortonLifeLock|Symantec]] }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! Feature !! Description |- | DeployAnywhere || Allows drivers to be injected during image deployment to lessen the need for hardware dependent images. |- | Hot imaging || Allows live machines to be used as the source to keep images from becoming stale and out of date. |- | Image formats ||GHOST 11.5 supports saving to and restoring from native GHOST image format (.gho and .ghs) and [[VMDK]] format (.vmdk). It also supports restoring from DriveImage format (.v2i, .iv2i,) [[PowerQuest]] image format (.pqi) and [[NortonLifeLock|Symantec]] Backup Exec System Recovery (BESR) format. |- | PreOS boot disk || * 64-bit [[Windows pe|Windows PE]] with greatly enhanced driver set * Linux (based on Thinstation) |} As of January 6, 2010, the latest build from Live Update is 11.5.1.2266 (Live Update 5 (LU5)).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/gss-251-now-available-live-update-support-win7-and-2k8-r2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111205114/http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/gss-251-now-available-live-update-support-win7-and-2k8-r2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 11, 2010 |title=LiveUpdate for GSS 2.5.1 }}</ref> This updates GHOST Solution Suite to 2.5.1 and provides support for [[Windows 7]] and [[Windows Server 2008 R2]]. Furthermore, GHOST 11.5 is compatible with [[BartPE]]'s bootable CD using a [https://web.archive.org/web/20111004124028/http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=24472 PE Builder plug-in for Symantec GHOST 11] === Symantec GHOST Solution Suite 3.x (GHOST 12.0) === GSS 3.0, including GHOST 12.0 and Deployment Solution 6.9, was announced in March 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://community.broadcom.com/symantecenterprise/communities/community-home/librarydocuments/viewdocument?DocumentKey=25c10b26-2205-414c-8f08-210a76617c3d&CommunityKey=63b01f30-d5eb-43c7-9232-72362b508207&tab=librarydocuments|title=IT Management Suite 7.6 and Ghost Solution Suite 3.0 Launch Webcast - March 3|date=2 June 2015}}</ref> GSS 3.1, including GHOST 12.0 and Deployment Solution 6.9, was released on 7 March 2016. GSS 3.2, including GHOST 12.0 and Deployment Solution 6.9, was released on 18 May 2017. Release Update 3, which was released 22 September 2017, added support for the [[ext4]] filesystem.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2017-12-12|url=https://community.broadcom.com/symantecenterprise/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?MessageKey=7a8865e4-d813-40b2-b99e-5168e5e35e2d&CommunityKey=a09bf38e-384d-4845-af76-32036f4fedee&tab=digestviewer|title=Symantec™ Ghost Solution Suite 3.2 RU3 Release Notes |publisher=[[NortonLifeLock|Symantec]] }}</ref> GSS 3.3, including GHOST 12.0 and Deployment Solution 6.9, was released on 31 October 2018. This release added support for GHOST Solution Suite Web Console, [[iPXE]], Windows Server 2016, Smart raw imaging, and 4K native drive support<!-- what is this? -->.
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