Installation and User's Guide

dynamic serializationA type of copy serialization in which afile or folder is backed up or archived onthe first attempt regardless of whether itchanges during a backup or archive.EEA See extended attribute.EB See exabyte.EFS See Encrypted File System.Encrypted File System (EFS)A file system that uses file system-levelencryption.enterprise configurationA method of setting up servers so that theadministrator can distribute theconfiguration of one of the servers to theother servers, using server-to-servercommunication. See also configurationmanager, managed server, profile, andsubscription.enterprise loggingThe process of sending events from aTivoli Storage Manager server to adesignated event server. The event serverroutes the events to designated receivers,such as to a user exit. See also event.error logA data set or file that is used to recorderror information about a product orsystem.estimated capacityThe available space, in megabytes, of astorage pool.event (1) An administrative command or aclient operation that is scheduled to berun using Tivoli Storage Managerscheduling.(2) A message that an Tivoli StorageManager server or client issues. Messagescan be logged using Tivoli StorageManager event logging.event recordA database record that describes actualstatus and results for events.event serverA server to which other servers can sendevents for logging. The event serverroutes the events to any receivers that areenabled for the sending server's events.exabyte (EB)For processor storage, real and virtualstorage, and channel volume, 1 152 921504 606 846 976 bytes. For disk storagecapacity and communications volume, 1000 000 000 000 000 000 bytes.excludeThe process of identifying files in aninclude-exclude list. This process preventsthe files from being backed up ormigrated whenever a user or scheduleenters an incremental or selective backupoperation. A file can be excluded frombackup and space management, backuponly, or space management only.exclude-include listSee include-exclude list.execution modeA mode that controls thespace-management related behavior ofcommands that run under the dsmmodecommand.expirationThe process by which files, data sets, orobjects are identified for deletion becausetheir expiration date or retention periodhas passed.expiring fileA migrated or premigrated file that hasbeen marked for expiration and removalfrom storage. If a stub file or an originalcopy of a premigrated file is deleted froma local file system, or if the original copyof a premigrated file is updated, thecorresponding migrated or premigratedfile is marked for expiration the next timereconciliation is run.extendTo increase the portion of available spacethat can be used to store database orrecovery log information.extended attribute (EA)Names or value pairs that are associatedwith files or directories. There are threeclasses of extended attributes: userattributes, system attributes, and trustedattributes.extentThe part of a file that is created duringthe data-deduplication process. Extentsare compared with other file extents toidentify duplicates.Glossary 679