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Glossary
shared disks
A Windows disk on another system that
has been made available to other users
on the network. Systems with shared
disks can be backed up without a Data
Protector Disk Agent installed.
SIBF
The Serverless Integrations Binary Files
(SIBF) is a part of the IDB that stores
raw NDMP meta data. This data is
necessary to perform restore of NDMP
objects.
slot
A mechanical position in a library. Each
slot can hold a medium, such as a DLT
tape. Data Protector references each slot
with a number. To read a medium, a
robotic mechanism moves the medium
from a slot into the drive.
SMB
See split mirror backup.
SMBF
The Session Messages Binary Files
(SMBF) is a part of the IDB that stores
session messages generated during
backup and restore sessions. One binary
file is created per session. The files are
grouped by year and month.
snapshot (ZDB specific term)
See replica unit.
snapshot backup (ZDB specific term)
A ZDB term encompassing ZDB disk
backup, ZDB tape backup and ZDB
disk/tape backup utilizing snapshot
technology.
See also zero downtime backup
(ZDB).
source (R1) device (EMC Symmetrix
specific term)
An EMC Symmetrix device that
participates in SRDF operations with a
target (R2) device. All writes to this
device are mirrored to a target (R2)
device in a remote EMC Symmetrix
unit. An R1 device must be assigned to
an RDF1 group type.
See also target (R2) device.
source medium
When copying media, the source
medium is the medium that contains
backed up data and is being copied.
sparse file A file that contains data with
portions of empty blocks. Examples are:
-A matrix in which some or much of the
data contains zeros -files from image
applications -high-speed databases If
sparse file processing is not enabled
during restore, it might be impossible to
restore this file.
split mirror backup (EMC Symmetrix
specific term)
See ZDB tape backup.