Installation and User's Guide - Services and Support

IBM Confidentialprogress indicatorA control used to inform a user about theprogress of a process.recovery logA log of updates that are about to bewritten to the databases. The log can beused to recover from system and mediafailures.registrationThe process of identifying a client node oradministrator to the server by specifyinga user ID, password, and contactinformation. For client nodes, a policydomain, compression status, and deletionprivileges are also specified.registryA central database in Windows thatcontains information about hardware,applications, and operating systemsettings for each machine on the network.Provides security and control oversystem, security, and account settings.restoreA function that permits users to copy aversion of a backup file from the storagepool to a workstation or file server. Thebackup copy in the storage pool is notaffected. Contrast with backup.retentionThe amount of time, in days, that inactivebacked up or archived files are retained inthe storage pool before they are deleted.The following copy group attributesdefine retention: retain extra versions,retain only version, retain version.retrieveA function permitting users to copy anarchived file from the storage pool to theworkstation or file server. The archivecopy in the storage pool is not affected.Contrast with archive.schedulingA function permitting an administrator toschedule backup and archive operationsfrom a central location. Operations can bescheduled on a periodic basis or on anexplicit date.scheduling modeThe type of scheduling operation for theclient-server node. Tivoli Storage Managersupports two scheduling modes:client-polling and server-prompted.scroll Move through a list of items in a windowby operating the scrollbars with themouse cursor.select Choose an item from a list or group ofitems.selective backupA function permitting users to back upfiles from a client domain. These files arenot excluded in the include-exclude listand meet the requirement for serializationin the backup copy group of themanagement class assigned to each file.Contrast with incremental backup.server A program running on a mainframe,workstation, or file server that providesshared services such as backup andarchive to other various (often remote)programs (called clients).server-prompted schedulingA client-server communication techniquewhere the server contacts the client nodewhen tasks need to be done.sessionspaceA period of time in which a user cancommunicate with a server to performbackup, archive, restore, or retrieverequests.managementThe process of keeping sufficient freestorage space available on a local filesystem for new data and making the mostefficient and economical use of distributedstorage resources.Tivoli Storage ManagerA client/server program that providesstorage management to customers in amultivendor computer environment.storageTCP/IPpoolA named set of storage volumes used asthe destination of backup, archive, ormigrated copies.Transmission Control Protocol/InternetProtocol.timeoutA time event involving:Glossary 207