HP B6960-90078 manual Terminal Services Windows specific term, Transaction backup

Glossary

Terminal Services (Windows specific term)

Windows Terminal Services provide a multi-session environment that allows clients to access a virtual Windows desktop session and Windows-based programs running on the server.

thread (MS SQL Server 7.0/2000 specific term)

An executable entity that belongs to only one process. It comprises a program counter, a user-mode stack, a kernel-mode stack, and a set of register values. Several threads can run at a time within one process.

TimeFinder (EMC Symmetrix specific term)

A business continuation process that creates an instant copy of single or multiple Symmetrix Logical Devices (SLDs). The instant copy is created on specially preconfigured SLDs called BCVs and is accessible via a separate device address to the system(s).

TLU

Tape Library Unit.

TNSNAMES.ORA (Oracle and SAP R/ 3 specific term)

A network configuration file that contains connect descriptors mapped to service names. The file may be maintained centrally or locally, for use by all or individual clients.

transaction

A mechanism for ensuring that a set of actions is treated as a single unit of work. Databases use transactions to keep track of database changes.

transaction backup

Transaction backups generally use fewer resources than database backups, so they can be created more frequently than database backups. By applying transaction backups, you can recover the database to a specific point in time prior to when a problem occurred.

transaction backup (Sybase and SQL specific term)

A backup of the transaction log providing a record of changes made since the last full or transaction backup.

transaction log backup

Transaction log backups generally use fewer resources than database backups so they can be created more frequently than database backups. By applying transaction log backups, you can recover the database to a specific point in time.

transaction log files (MS Exchange and Lotus Domino Server specific term) Files in which changes made to a database are recorded.

transaction logs (Data Protector specific term)

Keeps track of IDB changes. The

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