HP OpenView Storage B6960-96008 manual Msm

Glossary

environment, this part of the database can be common to all cells.

See also CMMDB, CDB.

MoM

Several cells can be grouped together and managed from a central cell. The management system of the central cell is the Manager-of-Managers (MoM). The cells are called MoM clients. The MoM enables you to configure and manage multiple cells from a central point.

mount request

A screen prompt that tells you to insert a specific medium into a device. Once you respond to the mount request by providing the required medium and confirm the mount request, the session continues.

mount point

The access point in a directory structure for a disk or logical volume, for example /opt or d:. On UNIX, the mount points are displayed using the bdf or df command.

MSM

The Data Protector Media Session Manager, which runs on the Cell Manager and controls media sessions, such as copying media.

MU number (HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP specific term)

A Mirror Unit number is an integer

number (0, 1 or 2), used to indicate a first level mirror.

See also first level mirror.

multi-drive server

A license that allows you to run an unlimited number of Media Agents on a single system. This license, which is bound to the IP address of the Cell Manager, is no longer available.

obdrindex.dat

See IDB recovery file.

OBDR capable device

Adevice that can emulate a CD-ROM drive loaded with a bootable disk and can thus be used as a backup or boot device for disaster recovery purposes.

object

See backup object

object consolidation

The process of merging a restore chain of a backup object, consisting of a full backup and at least one incremental backup, into a new, consolidated version of this object. The process is a part of the synthetic backup procedure. The result is a synthetic full backup of the specified backup object.

object consolidation session

A process that merges a restore chain of a backup object, consisting of a full

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