Glossary
access rights See user rights.

ACSLS (StorageTek specific term) The Automated Cartridge System Library Server (ACSLS) software that manages the Automated Cartridge System (ACS).

Active Directory (Windows specific term)

The directory service in a Windows network. It contains information about resources on the network and makes them accessible to users and applications. The directory services provide a consistent way to name, describe, locate, access and manage resources regardless of the physical system they reside on.

AML (EMASS/GRAU specific term) Automated Mixed-Media library.

application agent

A component needed on a client to back up or restore online database integrations.

See also Disk Agent.

application system (ZDB specific term) A system the application or database runs on. The application or database data is located on source volumes.

See also backup system and source volume.
archived redo log (Oracle specific

term)

Also called offline redo log. If the Oracle database operates in the ARCHIVELOG mode, as each online redo log is filled, it is copied to an archived log destination. This copy is the archived redo log. The presence or absence of an archived redo log is determined by the mode the database is using:

•ARCHIVELOG - The filled online redo log files are archived before they are reused. The database can be recovered if an instance or a disk fails. A “hot” backup can be performed only when the database is running in this mode.

•NOARCHIVELOG - The filled online redo log files are not archived.

See also online redo log.

archive logging (Lotus Domino Server specific term)

Lotus Domino Server database mode where transaction log files are overwritten only after they have been backed up.

ASR Set

A collection of files stored on several diskettes, required for proper reconfiguration of the replacement disk

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