Glossary

access rights

See user rights.

ACSLS

(StorageTek specific term) The Automated Cartridge System

 

Library Server (ACSLS) software that manages the Automated

 

Cartridge System (ACS).

Active Directory

(Windows specific term) The directory service in a Windows

 

network. It contains information about resources on the network

 

and makes them accessible to users and applications. The

 

directory services provide a consistent way to name, describe,

 

locate, access and manage resources regardless of the physical

 

system they reside on.

AES 256–bit

Data Protector software encryption, based on the AES-CTR

encryption

(Advanced Encryption Standard in Counter Mode) encryption

 

algorithm that uses random keys of 256-bit length. The same

 

key is used for both encryption and decryption. With AES

 

256-bit encryption, data is encrypted before it is transferred

 

over a network and before it is written to media.

AML

(EMASS/GRAU specific term) Automated Mixed-Media library.

application agent

A component needed on a client to back up or restore online

 

database integrations.

 

See also Disk Agent.

application system

(ZDB specific term) A system the application or database runs

 

on. The application or database data is located on source

 

volumes.

 

See also backup system and source volume.

archived redo log

(Oracle specific term) Also called offline redo log. If the Oracle

 

database operates in the ARCHIVELOG mode, as each online

 

redo log is filled, it is copied to an archived log destination.

 

This copy is the archived redo log. The presence or absence of

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