IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX and Linux: Backup-Archive ...

archive retention grace period. The number of days that Tivoli Storage Manager retains an archived copy when theserver is unable to rebind the file to an appropriate management class.authentication. The process of checking and authorizing a user’s password before allowing that user to access theTivoli Storage Manager server. An administrator with system privilege can enable or disable authentication.authorization rule. A specification allowing another user to either restore or retrieve a user’s files from TivoliStorage Manager storage.Authorized User. A user who has administrative authority for the Tivoli Storage Manager client on a workstation.This user changes passwords, performs open registrations, and deletes file spaces. An Authorized User is any userrunning with a real user ID of 0 (root) or a user who owns an executable whose owner execution permission bit isset to s. In the following example, the user tivoli is an Authorized User while running dsmc since the dsmc ownerexecution permission bit is set to s:-rwsr-xr-x 1 tivoli dsmdev 2880479 Nov 5 13:42 dsmc*automounted file system (AutoFS). A file system managed by an automounter daemon. The automounter daemonmonitors a specified directory path and automatically mounts the file system to access data.Bback up. To copy information to another location to ensure against loss of data. In IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, youcan back up user files, the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager database, and storage pools. Contrast with restore. See alsoincremental backup and selective backup.backup-archive client. A program that runs on a file server, PC, or workstation and provides a means for users toback up, archive, restore, and retrieve files. Contrast with administrative client.backup copy group. A policy object containing attributes controlling the generation, destination, and expiration ofbackup versions of files. The backup copy group belongs to a management class.backup retention grace period. The number of days Tivoli Storage Manager retains a backup version when theserver is unable to rebind the file to an appropriate management class.backup version. A file that a user backed up to server storage. More than one backup version can exist in serverstorage, but only one backup version is the active version. See also active version and inactive version.binding. The process of associating a file with a management class name. See also rebinding.boot. To prepare a computer system for operation by loading an operating system.CCAD. Client acceptor daemoncentral schedule. A function that allows an administrator to schedule client operations and administrativecommands. The operations can be scheduled to occur periodically or on a specific date. See client schedule.client. A program running on a PC, workstation, file server, LAN server, or mainframe that requests services ofanother program, called the server. The following types of clients can obtain services from a Tivoli Storage Managerserver: administrative client, application client, API client, backup-archive client, and HSM client (also known asTivoli Storage Manager for Space Management). See administrative client and backup-archive client.client acceptor. A Web client process that is an HTTP daemon that serves the Web client Java applet to the Webbrowsers. The program that starts the client acceptor process is called dsmcad. On UNIX and Linux, the clientacceptor is run as a daemon.client domain. The set of drives, file systems, or volumes that a user selects to back up or archive using thebackup-archive client.client node. A file server or workstation on which the backup-archive client program has been installed, and whichhas been registered to the server.528 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX and Linux: Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User’s Guide