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Glossary
disk/partition as the volume/disk/
partition containing files required for the
initial step of the boot process.
SysVol (Windows specific term)
A shared directory that stores the server
copy of the domain’s public files, which
are replicated among all domain
controllers in the domain.
tablespace
A part of a database structure. Each
database is logically divided into one or
more tablespaces. Each tablespace has
data files or raw volumes exclusively
associated with it.
tapeless backup (ZDB specific term)
See ZDB to disk.
target database (Oracle specific term)
In RMAN, the target database is the
database that you are backing up or
restoring.
target (R2) device (EMC Symmetrix
specific term)
An EMC Symmetrix device that
participates in SRDF operations with a
source (R1) device. It resides in the
remote EMC Symmetrix unit. It is
paired with a source (R1) device in the
local EMC Symmetrix unit and receives
all write data from its mirrored pair.
This device is not accessed by user
applications during normal I/O
operations. An R2 device must be
assigned to an RDF2 group type.
See also source (R1) device
target system (Disaster Recovery
specific term)
A system after a computer disaster has
occurred. The target system is typically
in a non-bootable state and the goal of
disaster recovery is to restore this
system to the original system
configuration. The difference between a
crashed system and a target system is
that a target system has all faulty
hardware replaced.
target volume (ZDB specific term)
A storage volume to which data is
replicated.
Terminal Services (Windows specific
term)
Windows Terminal Services provide a
multi-session environment that allows
clients to access a virtual Windows
desktop session and Windows-based
programs running on the server.
thread (MS SQL Server specific term)
An executable entity that belongs to
only one process. It comprises a
program counter, a user-mode stack, a
kernel-mode stack, and a set of register
values. Several threads can run at a time
within one process.