Xcopy engine, Writer – HP A.06.11 User Manual

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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.

WINS server

A system running Windows Internet Name Service software that
resolves Windows networking computer names to IP addresses.
Data Protector can back up WINS server data as part of the
Windows configuration.

writer

(Microsoft VSS specific term) A process that initiates change of
data on the original volume. Writers are typically applications
or system services that write persistent information on a volume.
Writers also participate in the shadow copy synchronization
process by assuring data consistency.

XBSA interface

(Informix Server specific term) ON-Bar and Data Protector
communicate with each other through the X/Open Backup
Services Application Programmer's Interface (XBSA).

XCopy engine

(direct backup specific term) A SCSI-3 copy command that allows
you to copy data from a storage device having a SCSI source
address to a backup device having a SCSI destination address,
thus enabling direct backup. The data flows from a source device
(either block or streaming, that is, disk or tape) to the destination
device (either block or streaming) through XCopy. This releases
the controlling server of reading the data from the storage device
into memory and then writing the information to the destination
device.
See also

direct backup

.

ZDB

See

zero downtime backup (ZDB)

.

ZDB database

(ZDB specific term) A part of the IDB, storing ZDB related
information such as source volumes, replicas and security

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