login ID

(Microsoft SQL Server specific term) The name a user uses to

 

log on to Microsoft SQL Server. A login ID is valid if Microsoft

 

SQL Server has an entry for that user in the system table syslogin.

login information

(Oracle and SAP R/3 specific term) The format of the login

to the Oracle

information is user_name/password@service, where:

Target Database

• user_name is the name by which a user is known to Oracle

 

 

Server and to other users. Every user name is associated

 

with a password and both have to be entered to connect to

 

an Oracle Target Database. This user must have Oracle

 

SYSDBA or SYSOPER rights.

 

• password must be the same as the password specified in

 

the Oracle password file (orapwd), which is used for

 

authentication of users performing database administration.

 

• service is the name used to identify an SQL*Net server

 

process for the target database.

login information

(Oracle specific term) The format of the login information to the

to the Recovery

Recovery (Oracle) Catalog Database is

Catalog Database

user_name/password@service, where the description of

 

the user name, password, and service name is the same as in

 

the Oracle SQL*Net V2 login information to the Oracle target

 

database. In this case, service is the name of the service to

 

the Recovery Catalog Database, not the Oracle target database.

 

Note that the Oracle user specified here must be the owner of

 

the Oracle Recovery Catalog.

Lotus C API

(Lotus Domino Server specific term) An interface for the exchange

 

of backup and recovery information between Lotus Domino

 

Server and a backup solution, like Data Protector.

LVM

A Logical Volume Manager is a subsystem for structuring and

 

mapping physical disk space to logical volumes on UNIX

 

systems. An LVM system consists of several volume groups,

 

where each volume group has several volumes.

Magic Packet

See Wake ONLAN.

mailbox

(Microsoft Exchange Server specific term) The location to which

 

e-mail is delivered, which is set up by the administrator for each

 

user. If a set of personal folders is designated as the e-mail

 

delivery location, e-mail is routed from the mailbox to this

 

location.

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