large libraries. A volser is a naming convention specific to
ADIC/GRAU and StorageTek devices.
volume group A unit of data storage in an LVM system. A volume group can
consist of one or more physical volumes. There can be more
than one volume group on the system.
volume mount
point
(Windows specific term) An empty directory on a volume that
can be used to mount another volume. The volume mount point
acts as a gateway to the target volume. Provided that the volume
is mounted, users and applications can refer to the data on the
mounted volume by the full (merged) filesystem path as if both
volumes are one integral part.
Volume Shadow
Copy Service
See Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service.
VSS See Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service.
VSS compliant
mode
(HP StorageWorks Disk Array XP VSS provider specific term)
One of two XP VSS hardware provider operation modes. When
the XP provider is in the VSS compliant mode, the source volume
(P-VOL) and its replica (S-VOL) are in simplex, unpaired state
after a backup. Therefore the number of replicas (S-VOLs per a
P-VOL) rotated is not limited. Restore from a backup in such a
configuration is possible only by switching of the disks.
See also resync mode, source volume, primary volume (P-VOL),
replica, secondary volume (S-VOL), and replica set rotation.
VxFS Veritas Journal Filesystem.
VxVM (Veritas
Volume Manager)
A Veritas Volume Manager is a system for managing disk space
on Solaris platforms. A VxVM system consists of an arbitrary
group of one or more physical volumes organized into logical
disk groups.
Wake ONLAN Remote power-up support for systems running in power-save
mode from some other system on the same LAN.
Web reporting The Data Protector functionality that allows you to view reports
on backup, object copy, and object consolidation status and
Data Protector configuration using the Web interface.
wildcard character A keyboard character that can be used to represent one or many
characters. The asterisk (*), for example, typically represents
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