| See also primary volume and MU number. |
flash recovery | (Oracle specific term) Flash recovery area is an Oracle 10g/11g |
area | managed directory, filesystem, or Automatic Storage |
| Management disk group that serves as a centralized storage |
| area for files related to backup and recovery (recovery files). |
| See also recovery files. |
fnames.dat | The fnames.dat files of the IDB contain information on the |
| names of the backed up files. Typically, these files occupy about |
| 20% of the IDB, if filenames are stored. |
formatting | A process that erases any data contained on a medium and |
| prepares it for use with Data Protector. Information about media |
| (medium ID, description, and location) is saved in the IDB as |
| well as on the respective media (media header). Data Protector |
| media with protected data are not formatted until the protection |
| expires or the media are unprotected/recycled. |
free pool | An auxiliary source of media for use by media pools when they |
| run out of media. The media pools must be configured to use |
| free pools. |
full backup | A backup in which all selected objects are backed up, whether |
| or not they have been recently modified. |
| See also backup types. |
full database | A backup of all data in a database, not only the data that has |
backup | been changed after the last (full or incremental) backup of the |
| database. A full database backup does not depend on any |
| other backup. |
full mailbox | A full mailbox backup is a backup of the entire mailbox content. |
backup |
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full ZDB | A ZDB to tape or ZDB to disk+tape session in which all selected |
| objects are streamed to tape, even if there are no changes from |
| the previous backup. |
| See also incremental ZDB. |
global options file A file that allows you to customize Data Protector. It explains the global options, which cover various aspects of Data Protector, typically
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