library

Also called autochanger, jukebox, autoloader, or exchanger.

 

A library contains media in repository slots. Each slot holds one

 

medium (for example, DDS/DAT). Media are moved between

 

slots and drives by a robotic mechanism, allowing random

 

access to media. The library can contain multiple drives.

lights-out

A backup or restore operation that takes place outside of normal

operation or

business hours without an operator. This implies that no operator

unattended

personnel is present to work with the backup application or

operation

service mount requests, for example.

LISTENER.ORA

(Oracle specific term) An Oracle configuration file that describes

 

one or more Transparent Network Substrate (TNS) listeners on

 

a server.

load balancing

By default, Data Protector automatically balances the usage of

 

devices selected for backup, so that they are used evenly. Load

 

balancing optimizes the device usage by balancing the number

 

of objects written to each device. Since load balancing is done

 

automatically during backup time, you do not need to manage

 

how the data is actually backed up. You just specify the devices

 

to be used. If you do not want to use load balancing, you can

 

select which device will be used for each object in the backup

 

specification. Data Protector will access the devices in the

 

specified order.

local and remote

Remote recovery is performed if all Media Agent hosts specified

recovery

in the SRD file are accessible. If any of them fails, the disaster

 

recovery process fails over to the local mode. This means that

 

the target system is searched for locally attached devices. If only

 

one device is found, it is automatically used. Otherwise, Data

 

Protector prompts you to select the device, which will be used

 

for restore.

local continuous

(Microsoft Exchange Server specific term) Local continuous

replication

replication (LCR) is a single-server solution that creates and

 

maintains an exact copy (LCR copy) of a storage group. An LCR

 

copy is located on the same server as the original storage group.

 

When an LCR copy is created, it is kept up to date through

 

change propagation (log replay) technology. The replication

 

feature in LCR guarantees that logs that have not been replicated

 

are not deleted. The implication of this behavior is that running

 

backups in a mode that deletes logs may not actually free space

 

if replication is sufficiently far behind in its log copying.

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