TNSNAMES.ORA | (Oracle and SAP R/3 specific term) A network configuration |
| file that contains connect descriptors mapped to service names. |
| The file may be maintained centrally or locally, for use by all |
| or individual clients. |
transaction | A mechanism for ensuring that a set of actions is treated as a |
| single unit of work. Databases use transactions to keep track of |
| database changes. |
transaction backup | Transaction backups generally use fewer resources than |
| database backups, so they can be created more frequently than |
| database backups. By applying transaction backups, you can |
| recover the database to a specific point in time prior to when |
| a problem occurred. |
transaction backup | (Sybase and SQL specific term) A backup of the transaction log |
| providing a record of changes made since the last full or |
| transaction backup. |
transaction log | Transaction log backups generally use fewer resources than |
backup | database backups so they can be created more frequently than |
| database backups. By applying transaction log backups, you |
| can recover the database to a specific point in time. |
transaction log | Files that record transactions of the database modifications, and |
files | provide fault tolerance in case of a database disaster. |
transaction logs | (Data Protector specific term) Keep track of IDB changes. The |
| archiving of transaction logs should be enabled to prevent you |
| from losing the transaction log files that are created after the |
| last IDB backup and are necessary for IDB recovery. |
transaction log | (Sybase specific term) A system table in which all changes to |
table | the database are automatically recorded. |
transportable | (Microsoft VSS specific term) A shadow copy that is created on |
snapshot | the application system and can be presented to the backup |
| system where a backup can be performed. |
| |
TSANDS.CFG file | (Novell NetWare specific term) A file that allows you to specify |
| the names of containers where you want backups to begin. It |
| is a text file located in the SYS:SYSTEM\TSA directory on the |
| server where TSANDS.NLM is loaded. |
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