HP OpenView Storage B6960-96008 Emergency boot file Informix Server, Enhanced incremental backup

Glossary

emergency boot file (Informix Server

specific term)

The Informix Server configuration file ixbar.<server_id> that resides in the directory <INFORMIXDIR>/etc (on Windows) or <INFORMIXDIR>\etc (on UNIX). <INFORMIXDIR> is the Informix Server home directory and <server_id> is the value of the SERVERNUM configuration parameter. Each line of the emergency boot file corresponds to one backup object.

enhanced incremental backup

Conventional incremental backup backs up files that have changed since a previous backup, but has certain limitations in detection of changes. Unlike conventional incremental backup, enhanced incremental backup reliably detects and backs up also renamed and moved files, as well as files with changes in attributes.

Enterprise Backup Environment

Several cells can be grouped together and managed from a central cell. The enterprise backup environment includes all clients located in several Data Protector cells which are managed and administered from a central cell using the Manager-of-Managers concept.

See also MoM.

Event Logs

Files in which Windows logs all events, such as the starting or stopping of

services and the logging on and off of users. Data Protector can back up Windows Event Logs as part of the Windows configuration backup.

exchanger

Also referred to as SCSI Exchanger. See also library.

exporting media

A process that removes all data about backup sessions, such as systems, objects, and file names, which reside on the media from the IDB. Information about the media and their relation to a pool is also removed from the IDB. The data on the media remains unchanged. See also importing media.

Extensible Storage Engine (ESE)

(Microsoft Exchange Server specific term)

A database technology used as a storage system for information exchange in Microsoft Exchange Server.

failover

Transferring of the most important cluster data, called group (on Windows) or package (on Unix) from one cluster node to another. A failover can occur mostly because of software or hardware failures or maintenance on the primary node.

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