Glossary
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standalone
A qualifier used with drives and media to indicate they are not associated with
a robot. For example, a standalone tape drive is one where you must manually
find and insert tapes before using them. A standalone volume is one that is
located in a standalone drive or is stored outside of a drive and designated as
standalone in the volume configuration.
status code
A numerical code, usually accompanied by a message, that indicates the
outcome of an operation.
storage migrator
Refers to the VERITAS Storage Migrator line of hierarchical storage
management products for UNIX and Windows NT. These products make extra
room on a disk by transparently moving data to other storage and then
transparently retrieving the data when it is needed by a user or application.
storage unit
Refers to a storage device where NetBackup or Storage Migrator stores files. It
can be a robot or consist of one or more single tape drives that connect to the
same host.
SUSPENDED media state
If a volume is SUSPENDED, NetBackup can restore from it but cannot use it
for backups. NetBackup retains a record of the Media ID until the last backup
image on the volume expires.
symbolic link
On a UNIX system, this is a pointer to the name of the file that has the source
data.
tape format
The format that an application uses to write data on a tape.
tape marks
A mark that is recorded between backup images on a tape.
tape overhead
The space required for data that is not part of the backup images. For example,
tape marks and catalogs of what are on the tape are considered overhead.
tape spanning
Using more than one tape to store a single backup image.
tar
Tape ARchive program that NetBackup uses to extract backup images during a
restore.
NetBackup 3.2 System Administrator's Guide for Windows NT
NetBackup 3.2 System Administrator's Guide for Windows NT