HP B6960-90078 manual Parallelism, Physical device, See also pre-exec, Pre- and post-exec commands

Glossary

data for multiple objects selected for restore is read from media at the same time, thereby improving performance.

parallelism

The concept of reading multiple data streams from an online database.

physical device

A physical unit that contains either a drive or a more complex unit such as a library.

post-exec

A backup option that executes a command or script after the backup of an object or after the entire session completes. Post-exec commands are not supplied by Data Protector. You need to create your own. They can be written as executables or batch files on Windows and as shell scripts on UNIX.

See also pre-exec.

pre- and post-exec commands

Pre- and post-exec commands are used to perform additional action before and after a backup or restore session. They are not supplied by Data Protector. You need to create your own commands.

They can be written as executables or batch files on Windows and as shell scripts on UNIX.

prealloc list

A subset of media in a media pool that specifies the order in which media are used for backup.

pre-exec

A backup option that executes a command or script before the backup of an object or before the entire session is started. Pre-exec commands are not supplied by Data Protector. You need to create your own. They can be written as executables or batch files on Windows and as shell scripts on UNIX.

See also post-exec.

Primary Volume (P-VOL) (HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP specific term)

Standard HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP LDEVs that act as a primary volume for the CA and BC configurations. The P-VOL is located in the MCU.

See also Secondary Volume (S-VOL).

Private Information Store (MS Exchange 5.5 Server specific term) A part of the Information Store that maintains information in user mailboxes. A mailbox store consists of a binary rich-text .edb file.

protection

See data protection and also catalog protection.

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