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Legato NetWorker, Release 7.0
Disaster Recovery Guide
Glossary
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Glossary
annotation A comment that you associate with an archive save set
to help identify that data later. Annotations are stored
in the media index for ease of searching and are
limited to 1,024 characters.
archive The process by which NetWorker software backs up
directories or files to an archive volume and then
grooms them to free disk space. When data is
archived, it is written to one or more storage volumes
and then marked so that it is never subject to
automatic recycling. You can delete the archived files
from the client, thus freeing disk space. See also
grooming.
archive clone pool A pool composed exclusively of archive clone save
sets.
archive pool A volume pool composed exclusively of archive save
sets. Archived save sets are in a different format than
regular backup save sets, and must be maintained on
separate media.
archive volume A tape or other storage medium used to store
NetWorker archive data, as opposed to a backup
volume.
ASM An abbreviation for application-specific module. An
ASM is a program that, when used in a directive,
specifies the way that a set of files or directories is to
be backed up and recovered. For example,
compressasm is a NetWorker directive used to
compress and decompress files.
ASM
specification
A directive that specifies how files or directories with
a matching pattern are backed up. This specification
appears in the format:
[+] asm: argument
For more information, refer to the nsr_5 man page or
the Legato Command Reference Guide.
attribute A feature of a resource. It is a service or information
that the resource provides.