Glossary

Oracle instance (Oracle specific term) Each installation of an Oracle database on one or more systems. One computer system can have several instances of a database running.

ORACLE_SID (Oracle specific term) A unique name for an Oracle Server instance. To switch among Oracle Servers, specify the desired <ORACLE_SID>. The <ORACLE_SID> is included in the CONNECT DATA parts of the connect descriptor in a TNSNAMES.ORA file and in the definition of the TNS listener in the LISTENER.ORA file.

original system

The system configuration backed up by Data Protector before a computer disaster hits the system.

original unit (ZDB specific term)

A logical unit that is used as a source for data replication using snapshot or split mirror technologies. Depending on the vendor and technology used, an original unit denotes P-VOL on HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP, parent LUN on HP StorageWorks Virtual Array, logical drive on HP StorageWorks Modular SAN Array 1000, or virtual disk on HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array. Data in an original unit is replicated to data in a replica unit. Original units are on systems interpreted as physical drives

(Windows) or physical volumes (UNIX).

See also replica unit, original storage, and replica storage version.

original storage (ZDB specific term) A set of original units that contain the backup objects selected in one Data Protector backup specification. Data in an original storage is replicated to data in a replica storage version by replicating the set of original units. An original storage is typically used by the application system.

See also original unit, replica unit, and replica storage version.

overwrite

An option that defines one mode to resolve file conflicts during restore. All files are restored from a backup even if they are older than existing files.

See also merging.

OVO

HP OpenView Operations for Unix provides powerful capabilities for operations management of a large number of systems and applications on in a network. Data Protector provides an integration into this management product. This integration is implemented as a SMART Plug-In for OVO management servers on HP-UX and Solaris. Earlier versions of OVO were

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