login ID (Microsoft SQL Server specific term) The name a user uses to
log on to Microsoft SQL Server. A login ID is valid if Microsoft
SQL Server has an entry for that user in the system table syslogin.
login information
to the Oracle
Target Database
(Oracle and SAP R/3 specific term) The format of the login
information is user_name/password@service, where:
user_name is the name by which a user is known to Oracle
Server and to other users. Every user name is associated
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with a password and both have to be entered to connect to
an Oracle Target Database. This user must have Oracle
SYSDBA or SYSOPER rights.
• password must be the same as the password specified in
the Oracle password file (orapwd), which is used for
authentication of users performing database administration.
• service is the name used to identify an SQL*Net server
process for the target database.
login information
to the Recovery
Catalog Database
(Oracle specific term) The format of the login information to the
Recovery (Oracle) Catalog Database is
user_name/password@service, where the description of
the user name, password, and service name is the same as in
the Oracle SQL*Net V2 login information to the Oracle target
database. In this case, service is the name of the service to
the Recovery Catalog Database, not the Oracle target database.
Note that the Oracle user specified here must be the owner of
the Oracle Recovery Catalog.
Lotus C API (Lotus Domino Server specific term) An interface for the exchange
of backup and recovery information between Lotus Domino
Server and a backup solution, like Data Protector.
LVM A Logical Volume Manager is a subsystem for structuring and
mapping physical disk space to logical volumes on UNIX
systems. An LVM system consists of several volume groups,
where each volume group has several volumes.
Magic Packet See Wake ONLAN.
mailbox (Microsoft Exchange Server specific term) The location to which
e-mail is delivered, which is set up by the administrator for each
user. If a set of personal folders is designated as the e-mail
delivery location, e-mail is routed from the mailbox to this
location.
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