Stratesave 6.0 Organized Backup Program Help Files
Image Backup
Stratesave supports backing up disk partition images. This is always a full backup. Only the used disk blocks are backed up.
The image can be restored to the same or a different partition, which must be as least
as big as backed up partition. Alternatively, images can be restored as disk files in VHD-format
to be processed with VHDMOUNT or other tools.
Stratesave creates most precise image backups:
VSS is used to create partition snapshot. VSS Writer Applications with files in the partition are automatically selected
to participate in image creation.
For System disk image, VSS System State backup image will be created.
In addition, Stratesave backs up disk headers. This is the space on disk before the first partition, usually 63 sectors.
It contains boot record, disk identification and partition information.
During Restore of a partition image or disk header a dialog will be shown, where the target disk and partition numbers can be selected.
There is also a final confirmation dialog before restore.
Remote Image Backup/Restore
For the remote image backup, a TCP/IP-connection will be established from the backup server where Stratesave is running to the backup
client on port 5132. The firewall on the backup-client must be opened on this port, and any firewall in between, for the connection to work.
Otherwise the transfer is done over named pipe connection, which is slower. For the image restore if backup client is running on
recovery DVD,
a dialog will be shown during restore, to manually start STSRE.EXE or STSRE64.EXE on backup client.
Then Stratesave will connect backup client computer on port 5132.
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