Glossary

disk/partition as the volume/disk/ partition containing files required for the initial step of the boot process.

SysVol (Windows specific term)

A shared directory that stores the server copy of the domain’s public files, which are replicated among all domain controllers in the domain.

tablespace

A part of a database structure. Each database is logically divided into one or more tablespaces. Each tablespace has data files or raw volumes exclusively associated with it.

tapeless backup (ZDB specific term) See ZDB to disk.

target database (Oracle specific term) In RMAN, the target database is the database that you are backing up or restoring.

target (R2) device (EMC Symmetrix

specific term)

An EMC Symmetrix device that participates in SRDF operations with a source (R1) device. It resides in the remote EMC Symmetrix unit. It is paired with a source (R1) device in the local EMC Symmetrix unit and receives all write data from its mirrored pair. This device is not accessed by user applications during normal I/O

operations. An R2 device must be assigned to an RDF2 group type.

See also source (R1) device

target system (Disaster Recovery specific term)

A system after a computer disaster has occurred. The target system is typically in a non-bootable state and the goal of disaster recovery is to restore this system to the original system configuration. The difference between a crashed system and a target system is that a target system has all faulty hardware replaced.

target volume (ZDB specific term) A storage volume to which data is replicated.

Terminal Services (Windows specific

term)

Windows Terminal Services provide a multi-session environment that allows clients to access a virtual Windows desktop session and Windows-based programs running on the server.

thread (MS SQL Server specific term) An executable entity that belongs to only one process. It comprises a program counter, a user-mode stack, a kernel-mode stack, and a set of register values. Several threads can run at a time within one process.

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