Acronyms
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A
ACL
Access Control List
ACS
Automated Cartridge System
ACSLS
Automated Cartridge System Library Software
ACSSA
ACS System Administrator (StorageTek)
AD
Microsoft Active Directory
ADIC
Advanced Digital Information Corporation
AES
Advanced Encryption Standard
AIX
The IBM Advanced Interactive eXecutive operating system
AML
Automated Mixed-Media Library
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
API
Application Programming Interface
ASCII
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
A-SIS
Advanced Single Instance Storage
ASM
Automated Storage Management
ATL
Automated Tape Library
Active Template Library
AVB
Agentless VMware Backup
B
BLB
Binary Large Object
BLI
Block Level Incremental
BMR
Bare Metal Recovery
C
CA
Certificate Authorities
CAP
Cartridge Access Port
CBT
Change Block Tracking
CCMS
Computer Center Management System
CCR
Cluster Continuous Replication
CDOT
Clustered Data ONTAP
CIFS
Common Internet File System
CSI
Client System Interface
CSV
Clustered Shared Volumes
Comma Separated Value
D
DAG
Database Availability Group
DAOS
Domino Attachment and Object Service
DAR
Direct Access Recovery
DAS
Direct Attached Storage
DFS
Distributed File System
DGUX
Data General UNIX
DHCP
Dynamic Host Communication Protocol
DLL
Dynamic Link Library
DLT
Digital Linear Tape
DMS
Documentation Management Services
DNS
Domain Name System
DOM
Domain
DOS
Disk Operating System
DOSS
DPX Open Storage Server
DR
Disaster Recovery
DSR
Dissimilar Restore
E
EDB
Exchange Database
EE
Enterprise Edition
EEE
Enterprise-Extended Edition
EFS
Encrypting File System
EMBR
DPX Exchange Mailbox Recovery
EOJ
End Of Job
ESC
Enhanced Security Configuration
F
FAS
Fibre-Attached Storage
FV
Full Virtualization
G
GPT
GUID Partition Table
GUI
Graphical User Interface
GUID
Global Unique Identifier
H
HBA
Host Bus Adapter
HP-UX
Hewlett Packard UNIX
HSM
Hierarchical Storage Management
I
IA
Instant Access
IBM 3494
IBM Magstar 3494 Tape Library
IIS
Internet Information Services
IP
Internet Protocol
IPX
Internetwork Packet Exchange
iSCSI
Internet Small Computer System Interface
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
IV
Instant Virtualization
J
JDBC
Java Database Connectivity
JRE
Java Runtime Environment
K
KB
Knowledge Base
KMS
Knowledge Management System
L
LAN
Local Area Network
LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LIF
Logical Interface
LMU
Library Management Unit
LSM
Library Storage Module
LTO
Linear Tape Open
LUN
Logical Unit Number
LVM
Logical Volume Management
M
MAC
Media Access Control
MML
Media Management Layer
MOSS
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
MTA
Message Transfer Agent
N
NAS
Network Attached Storage
NCF
NetWare Control File
NCS
Micro Focus Clustering Services
NDMP
Network Data Management Protocol
NDS
Micro Focus Directory Services
NFS
Network File System
NIC
Network Interface Controller
NIS
NetWare Installation Services
NOSB
NetApp Open Systems Backup
NSS
Micro Focus Storage System
NTFS
NT File System
O
OES
Open Enterprise Server
OSSV
Open System SnapVault
P
P2V
Physical to Virtual
PNL
Panel
PO
Post Office
POA
Post Office Agent
PXE
Pre-boot Execution Environment
Q
QoS
Quality of Service
qtree
Quota Tree
R
RAC
Real Application Clusters
RAID
Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RC
Return Code
RDB
Recovery Database (Exchange)
RDM
Raw Device Mapping
ReFS
Resilient File System
RHEL
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
RMAN
Recovery Manager (Oracle)
RRP
Rapid Return to Production
RSG
Recovery Storage Group (Exchange)
RSM
Removable Storage Manager
RSS
Remote Storage Service
S
SAN
Storage Area Network
SAPDBA
SAP Database Administrator
SCSI
Small Computer System Interface
SDLC
Scalar Distributed Library Controller
SGI
Silicon Graphics International (IRIX)
SIDF
System Independent Data Format
SIS
Single Instance Storage
SLA
Service Level Agreement
SLDM
Solaris Logical Disk Manager
SLES
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SMDR
Storage Management Date Requester
SMIT
System Management Interface Tool
SMTape
SnapMirror-to-Tape
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNIA
Storage Networking Industry Association
SNMP
Simple Network Monitoring Protocol
SPF
System Protected Files
SPOR
DPX SharePoint Object Recovery
SQL
Structured Query Language
SRM
Storage Resource Manager
SSI
Storage Server Interface
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
SSO
Single Sign-On
SSP
Shared Service Provider
SSPRODIR
DPX Product Directory
SVM
Storage Virtual Machine
SYSADMIN
System Administrator
T
TFTP
Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TLS
Transport Layer Security
TNS
Transparent Network Substrate
TSA
Target Service Agents
TTY
Teletype
U
UEFI
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
UFS
UNIX File System
V
V2P
Virtual to Physical
VADP
vStorage APIs for Data Protection
VC
Virtual Center
VD
Virtual Desktop
VG
Volume Group
VM
Virtual Machine
VMFS
Virtual Machine File System
VMDK
Virtual Machine Disk
VSS
Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service
VTL
Virtual Tape Library
VTOC
Virtual Table of Contents
VxFS
Veritas File System
VxVM
Veritas Volume Manager
W
WAN
Wide Area Network
WMI
Windows Management Instrumentation
WS
Web Server
WSPN
Web Server Port Number