HP B6960-90078 Shared disks, Slot, See split mirror backup, See replica unit, See ZDB tape backup

Glossary

shared disks

A Windows disk on another system that has been made available to other users on the network. Systems with shared disks can be backed up without a Data Protector Disk Agent installed.

SIBF

The Serverless Integrations Binary Files (SIBF) is a part of the IDB that stores raw NDMP meta data. This data is necessary to perform restore of NDMP objects.

slot

A mechanical position in a library. Each slot can hold a medium, such as a DLT tape. Data Protector references each slot with a number. To read a medium, a robotic mechanism moves the medium from a slot into the drive.

SMB

See split mirror backup.

SMBF

The Session Messages Binary Files (SMBF) is a part of the IDB that stores session messages generated during backup and restore sessions. One binary file is created per session. The files are grouped by year and month.

snapshot (ZDB specific term)

See replica unit.

snapshot backup (ZDB specific term) A ZDB term encompassing ZDB disk backup, ZDB tape backup and ZDB disk/tape backup utilizing snapshot technology.

See also zero downtime backup (ZDB).

source (R1) device (EMC Symmetrix specific term)

An EMC Symmetrix device that participates in SRDF operations with a target (R2) device. All writes to this device are mirrored to a target (R2) device in a remote EMC Symmetrix unit. An R1 device must be assigned to an RDF1 group type.

See also target (R2) device.

source medium

When copying media, the source medium is the medium that contains backed up data and is being copied.

sparse file A file that contains data with portions of empty blocks. Examples are: -A matrix in which some or much of the data contains zeros -files from image applications -high-speed databases If sparse file processing is not enabled during restore, it might be impossible to restore this file.

split mirror backup (EMC Symmetrix

specific term)

See ZDB tape backup.

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