management systems, file systems, or other objects may exist.
The volume management systems, file systems are built on this
storage. Typically, these can be created or exist within a storage
system such as a disk array.
switchover See failover.
Sybase Backup
Server API
(Sybase specific term) An industry-standard interface developed
for the exchange of backup and recovery information between
a Sybase SQL Server and a backup solution like Data Protector.
Sybase SQL Server (Sybase specific term) The server in the Sybase “client-server”
architecture. Sybase SQL Server manages multiple databases
and multiple users, keeps track of the actual location of data on
disks, maintains mapping of logical data description to physical
data storage, and maintains data and procedure caches in
memory.
Symmetrix Agent
(SYMA)
(EMC Symmetrix specific term) The Data Protector software
module that prepares the EMC Symmetrix environment for
backup and restore operations.
synthetic backup A backup solution that produces a synthetic full backup, an
equivalent to a conventional full backup in terms of data, without
putting stress on the production servers or the network. A
synthetic full backup is created from a previous full backup and
any number of incremental backups.
synthetic full
backup
The result of an object consolidation operation, where a restore
chain of a backup objects is merged into a new, synthetic full
version of this object. A synthetic full backup is equivalent to a
conventional full backup in terms of restore speed.
System Backup to
Tape
(Oracle specific term) An Oracle interface that handles the
actions required to load, label, and unload correct backup
devices when Oracle issues a backup or restore request.
system databases (Sybase specific term) The four system databases on a newly
installed Sybase SQL Server are the:
• master database (master)
• temporary database (tempdb)
• system procedure database (sybsystemprocs)
• model database (model).
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