Veritas™ File System 5.0.1 Administrator's Guide

Figure 6-1
Primary fileset and its Storage Checkpoint
Primary fileset
Storage Checkpoint
emp.dbf jun.dbfemp.dbf
/database
/database
jun.dbf
In Figure 6-2, a square represents each block of the file system. This figure shows
a Storage Checkpoint containing pointers to the primary fileset at the time the
Storage Checkpoint is taken, as in Figure 6-1.
Figure 6-2
Initializing a Storage Checkpoint
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Primary fileset Storage Checkpoint
The Storage Checkpoint presents the exact image of the file system by finding
the data from the primary fileset. As the primary fileset is updated, the original
Storage Checkpoints
How a Storage Checkpoint works
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