HP OpenView Storage B6960-96008 manual Sibf, Smbf

Glossary

on the network. Systems with shared disks can be backed up without a Data Protector Disk Agent installed.

SIBF

The Serverless Integrations Binary Files (SIBF) is a part of the IDB that stores raw NDMP meta data. This data is necessary to perform restore of NDMP objects.

Site Replication Service (Microsoft Exchange Server specific term)

The Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/ 2003 service that permits compatibility with Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 by emulating the Exchange Server 5.5 directory service.

See also Information Store and Key Management Service.

slot

A mechanical position in a library. Each slot can hold a medium, such as a DLT tape. Data Protector references each slot with a number. To read a medium, a robotic mechanism moves the medium from a slot into the drive.

SMB

See split mirror backup.

SMBF

The Session Messages Binary Files (SMBF) part of the IDB stores session messages generated during backup, restore, object copy, object

consolidation, and media management sessions. One binary file is created per session. The files are grouped by year and month.

snapshot (HP StorageWorks VA and HP StorageWorks EVA specific term)

A form of replica produced using snapshot creation techniques. A range of snapshot types is available, with different characteristics, depending on the arrays/techniques used. Such replicas are dynamic and may be either virtual copies, still reliant upon the contents of the source volumes, or independent exact duplicates (clones), depending on the snapshot type and the time since creation.

See also replica and snapshot creation.

snapshot backup (HP StorageWorks VA and HP StorageWorks EVA specific term)

See ZDB to tape, ZDB to disk, and ZDB to disk+tape.

snapshot creation (HP StorageWorks VA and HP StorageWorks EVA specific term)

A replica creation technique, in which copies of source volumes are created using storage virtualization techniques. The replicas are considered to be created at one particular point in time, without pre-configuration, and are immediately available for use. However background

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