
Chapter 1, Introduction 7
Terminology
Snapshot mirror
An exact copy of a primary volume at a particular moment, reproduced on a physically
separate device. Snapshot mirrors are created by the VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM).
Standard device
Refers to the primary disk in an EMC primary-mirror disk array (see primary disk).
Third-Party Copy Device
This term has two meanings:
◆ A backup agent on the SAN that operates on behalf of backup applications. The
third-party copy device receives backup data from a disk attached to Fibre Channel and
sends it to a storage device, using the SCSI Extended Copy command. The third-party
copy device is sometimes called a copy manager, third-party copy engine, or data
mover. In SAN hardware configurations, a third-party copy device can be
implemented as part of a bridge, router, or storage device. The third-party copy
device may or may not be the device to which the storage units are connected.
◆ An offhost backup method in NetBackup ServerFree Agent that allows backups to be
made by means of a backup agent on the SAN.
TimeFinder
One of three frozen image methods included in the Extended Frozen Image Services
(Array Integration) option. TimeFinder is for making frozen images of client data on EMC
Symmetrix disk arrays.
ufs file system
This is the UNIX File System (ufs), which is the default file system type on Sun Solaris.
The ufs file system was formerly the Berkeley Fast File System.
VxMS (VERITAS Federated Mapping Services)
A library of routines (methods) used by NetBackup ServerFree Agent to obtain the
physical addresses of logical disk objects such as files and volumes.
Vol ume
A virtual device configured over raw physical disk devices (not to be confused with a
NetBackup Media Manager volume). Consists of a block and character device.
If a frozen image source exists over a volume, NetBackup 4.5 automatically uses a volume
mapping method to map the volume to physical device addresses. Any of the ServerFree
Agent frozen image methods can be used when backing up client data configured over
volumes.
For NetBackup 4.5, volumes must be created by means of the VERITAS Volume Manager
(VxVM).
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