HP B6960-90078 manual Backup specification

Glossary

specified in a backup specification or an interactive session. All clients configured in one backup specification are backed up together in one backup session using the same backup type (full or incremental). The result of a backup session is a set of media, which was written to, also called the backup or media set.

See also incremental backup and full backup.

backup set See media set.

backup set (Oracle specific term) Backup for (one or more) Oracle8/9 files, where the files are multiplexed together. The reason for multiplexing is to give performance benefits. Files in backup sets have to be extracted using a restore command. There are two types of backup sets: data file backup set and archive log backup set.

backup specification

A list of objects to be backed up, together with a set of devices or drives to be used, backup options for all objects in the specification, days and time that you want backups to be performed. The objects are entire disks/ volumes or parts of them such as files, directories, or even the Windows Registry for example. File selection lists such as include-lists and exclude-lists can be specified.

backup system (ZDB specific term) A system connected to replica units of one or multiple application systems. The backup system is typically connected to a backup device to perform the backup of the data in a replica storage version. See also application system and replica unit.

backup types

See incremental backup, differential backup, transaction backup, full backup and delta backup.

backup view

Data Protector provides different views for backup specifications: By Type - according to the type of data available for backups/templates. Default view. By Group - according to the group to which backup specifications/templates belong. By Name - according to the name of backup specifications/templates. By Manager - if you are running MoM, you can also set the Backup view according to the Cell Manager to which backup specifications/templates belong.

BC (EMC Symmetrix specific term) Business Continuance are processes that allow customers to access and manage instant copies of EMC Symmetrix standard devices.

See also BCV.

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