HP OpenView Storage B6960-96008 Synthetic full backup, System Backup to Tape Oracle, System disk

Glossary

conventional full backup in terms of data, without putting stress on the production servers or the network. A synthetic full backup is created from a previous full backup and any number of incremental backups.

synthetic full backup

The result of an object consolidation operation, where a restore chain of a backup objects is merged into a new, synthetic full version of this object. A synthetic full backup is equivalent to a conventional full backup in terms of restore speed.

System Backup to Tape (Oracle

specific term)

An Oracle interface that handles the actions required to load, label, and unload correct backup devices when Oracle issues a backup or restore request.

system databases (Sybase specific

term)

The four system databases on a newly installed Sybase SQL Server are the:

•master database (master)

•temporary database (tempdb)

•system procedure database (sybsystemprocs)

•model database (model).

system disk

A system disk is a disk containing operating system files. Microsoft terminology defines the system disk as a disk containing the files required for initial step of boot process.

system partition

A system partition is a partition containing operating system files. Microsoft terminology defines a system partition as a partition containing the files required for initial step of boot process.

System State (Windows specific term) The System State data comprises the Registry, COM+ Class Registration database, system startup files, and the Certificate Services database (if the server is a certificate server). If the server is a domain controller, Active Directory directory services and the Sysvol directory are also contained in the System State data. If the server is running the Cluster service, the System State data also includes resource registry checkpoints and the quorum resource recovery log, which contains the most recent cluster database information.

system volume/disk/partition

A volume/disk/partition containing operating system files. Microsoft terminology defines the system volume/

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