| associated with managing data and disk and provides striping |
| and mirroring capabilities to optimize performance. |
automigration | (VLS specific term) The functionality that allows data backups |
| to be first made to the VLS' virtual tapes and then migrated to |
| physical tapes (one virtual tape emulating one physical tape) |
| without using an intermediate backup application. |
| See also Virtual Library System (VLS) and virtual tape. |
BACKINT | (SAP R/3 specific term) SAP R/3 backup programs can call the |
| Data Protector backint interface program via an open interface, |
| which enables them to communicate with Data Protector |
| software. For backup and restore, SAP R/3 programs issue |
| orders for the Data Protector backint interface. |
backup API | The Oracle interface between the Oracle backup/restore utility |
| and the backup/restore media management layer. The interface |
| defines a set of routines to allow the reading and writing of data |
| to the backup media, the creation, searching and removing the |
| backup files. |
backup chain | See restore chain. |
backup device | A device configured for use with Data Protector, which can write |
| data to and read data from storage media. This can be, for |
| example, a standalone DDS/DAT drive or a library. |
backup generation | One backup generation includes one full backup and all |
| incremental backups until the next full backup. |
backup ID | An identifier of an integration object that equals the session ID |
| of the backup of this object. The backup ID is preserved when |
| an object is copied, exported, or imported. |
backup object A backup unit that contains all items backed up from one disk volume (logical disk or mount point). The backed up items can be any number of files, directories, or the entire disk or mount point. Additionally, a backup object can be a database/application entity or a disk image (rawdisk).
A backup object is defined by:
•Client name: Hostname of the Data Protector client where the backup object resides.
•Mount point: For filesystem objects — the access point in a directory structure on the client where the backup object is
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