Glossary

This glossary contains terms and definitions found in this guide. Most of the terms are specific to Backup products.

annotation

A comment that you associate with an archive save set, to help identify that data later on. Annotations are stored in the media index for ease of searching and are limited to 1024 characters.

A program that, when used in a directive, specifies the way that a set of files or directories is to be backed up and recovered.

The process by which Backup backs up directories or files to an archive volume and then optionally deletes them to free disk space.

A volume pool composed exclusively of archive clone save sets.

A volume pool composed exclusively of archive save sets.

A tape or other storage medium used for Backup archives, as opposed to a backup volume.

See Application Specific Module

A mechanism that uses a robotic arm to move media among various components in a device, including slots, media drives, media access ports, and transports. Autochangers automate media loading and mounting functions during backups and recovers.

The policy that determines how long entries for your files remain in the online file index.

Backup media, such as magnetic tape or optical disk.

Information that includes the server index, media index, and configuration files needed for recovering Backup after a disk crash.

A machine that accesses the Backup server to back up or recover files. Clients can be workstations, PCs, or fileservers.

The process by which Backup makes an exact copy of saved data (save sets). Backup can clone individual save sets or the entire contents of a backup volume.

A duplicated volume. Backup can track four types of volumes: backup, archive, backup clone, and archive clone. Save sets of different types can not be intermixed on one volume.

Data shared by cluster servers that resides on a public disk.

Application Specific
Module (ASM)

archive

archive clone pool

archive pool

archive volume

ASM

autochanger

browse policy

backup volume

bootstrap

client

clone

clone volume

cluster data

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