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Glossary
Manager and manages the IDB. The
process is started when Data Protector is
installed on the Cell Manager.
Recovery Catalog (Oracle specific
term)
A set of Oracle8/9 tables and views that
are used by Recovery Manager to store
information about Oracle8/9 databases.
This information is used by Recovery
Manager to manage the backup, restore,
and recovery of Oracle8/9 databases.
The recovery catalog contains
information about:
• The physical schema of the Oracle8/
9 target database
• Data file and archivelog backup sets
• Data file copies
• Archived Redo Logs
• Stored scripts.
Recovery Catalog Database (Oracle
specific term)
An Oracle database that contains a
recovery catalog schema. You should
not store the recovery catalog in your
target database.
RecoveryInfo
When backing up Windows
configuration files, Data Protector
collects the information about the
current system configuration
(information on disk layout, volume,
and network configuration). This
information is needed for disaster
recovery.
Recovery Manager (RMAN) (Oracle
specific term)
An Oracle8/9 command-line interface
that directs an Oracle8/9 Server process
to back up, restore, or recover the
database it is connected to. RMAN uses
either the recovery catalog or the control
file to store information about backups.
This information can be used later in
restore sessions.
recycle
A process that removes the data
protection from all backed up data on a
medium, allowing Data Protector to
overwrite it during one of the next
backups. Data that belongs to the same
session(s) but resides on other media is
also unprotected. Recycling does not
actually alter the data on the medium.
redo log (Oracle specific term)
Every Oracle database has a set of two
or more redo log files. The set of redo
log files for the database is known as the
database's redo log. Oracle uses the redo
log to record all changes made to data.
Remote Control Unit (HP
StorageWorks Disk Array XP specific
term)
The Remote Control Unit (RCU) acts as
a slave of an MCU in a CA