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| File system attribute that backup software programs use as a marker to determine whether to back up a file. |
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| Restoration of the Active Directory database that overwrites existing objects and modifications on all domain controllers. |
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| Single hardware device that contains one or more magnetic tape drives, as well as a robotic mechanism that inserts tapes into and removes them from the drives. See also tape library. |
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| Copy of the data on a computer’s hard disks that is stored on another medium in case a hard drive fails. |
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| In a backup software program, the files, folders, volumes, or disks that a user selects for copying to the backup medium. |
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| Amount of time available to perform backups. |
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| Type of backup that saves only the data in the selected components that has changed since the last full backup, without resetting the archive bits. |
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| Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM) |
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| Windows Server 2008 boot option that enables backup software products to perform authoritative restores. |
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| Backup job that copies all files to the storage medium and resets their archive bits. |
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| Grandfather-Father-Son method |
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| In backups, a media rotation method in which the terms grandfather, father, and son refer to monthly, weekly, and daily tapes, respectively. |
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| In magnetic tape drives, a method of operation in which the heads are mounted on a rotating drum that records data in diagonal stripes across the tape. |
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| Type of backup that saves only the data in the selected components that has changed since the last full backup, while resetting the archive bits. |
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| In magnetic tape drives, a method of operation in which the drive draws the tape over stationary recording heads. |
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| non-authoritative restore |
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| Restoration of the Active Directory database in which the restored objects and modifications can be overwritten by replication traffic from other domain controllers. |
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| In magnetic tape drives, a condition that occurs when the computer fails to deliver data to the drive at a sufficient rate, causing the unit to repeatedly stop and start the tape, which reduces its speed and its overall storage capacity. |
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| Single hardware device that contains one or more magnetic tape drives, as well as a robotic mechanism that inserts tapes into and removes them from the drives. See also autoloader. |
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