Glossary

one or more physical volumes. There can be more than one volume group on the system.

volume mountpoint (Windows specific term)

An empty directory on a volume that can be used to mount another volume. The volume mount point acts as a gateway to the target volume. Provided that the volume is mounted, users and applications can refer to the data on the mounted volume by the full (merged) filesystem path as if both volumes are one integral part.

Volume Shadow Copy serviceSee Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy service.VPO

See OVO.

VSS

See Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy service.

VxFS

Veritas Journal Filesystem.

VxVM (Veritas Volume Manager)

A Veritas Volume Manager is a system for managing disk space on Solaris platforms. A VxVM system consists of an arbitrary group of one or more physical volumes organized into logical disk groups.

Wake ONLAN

Remote power-up support for systems running in power-save mode from some other system on the same LAN.

Web reporting

The Data Protector functionality that allows you to view reports on backup status and Data Protector configuration using the Web interface.

wildcard character

A keyboard character that can be used to represent one or many characters. The asterisk (*), for example, typically represents one or more characters, and the question mark (?) typically represents a single character. Wildcard characters are often used in operating systems as a means of specifying more than one file by name.

Windows CONFIGURATION backup

Data Protector allows you to back up Windows CONFIGURATION, including Windows Registry, user profiles, Event Logs, and WINS and DHCP server data (if configured on a system) in one step.

Windows Registry

A centralized database used by Windows to store configuration information for the operating system and the installed applications.

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