# Acronyms

[A](#a) | [B](#b) | [C](#c) | [D](#d) | [E](#e) | [F](#f) | [G](#g) | [H](#h) | [I](#i) | [J](#j) | [K](#k) | [L](#l) | [M](#m) | [N](#n) | [O](#o) | [P](#p) | [Q](#q) | [R](#r) | [S](#s) | [T](#t) | [U](#u) | [V](#v) | [W](#w)

## 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**

1. Automated Tape Library
2. 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**

1. Clustered Shared Volumes
2. 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
