User`s guide

Glossary 163
logs
Files where a computer or application records information about its activities.
master server
NetBackup server that provides administration and control for backups and
restores of client data.
media
Physical magnetic tapes, optical disks, or magnetic disks where data are stored.
media ID
An identifier that is written on a volume as part of the label.
multiplexing
The process of sending concurrent-multiple backups from one or more clients
to a single storage device and interleaving those images onto the media.
NLM
NetWare loadable module.
pathname
The list of directories in the path to a destination directory or file.
PC Clients
Refers to NetBackup clients that have Microsoft Windows (NT, 98, 95),
Macintosh, or IBM OS/2 operating systems.
port
A location used for transferring data in or out of a computer.
progress report
Log where NetBackup records events that occur during user operations.
registry
A Microsoft Windows NT, 98, and 95 database that has configuration
information about hardware and user accounts.
resource
A Novell NetWare term that refers to a data set on the target. For example, in
DOS, resources are drives, directories, and files. Also see "target service."
restore
(verb) The act of restoring selected files and directories from a previous backup
or archive and returning them to their original directory locations (or to an
alternate directory).
(noun) The process of restoring selected files and directories from a previous
backup and returning them to their original directory locations (or to an
alternate directory).