Legato Networker ClientPak and Storage Node User's Guide

Glossary

operator

The person who monitors the server status, loads

backup volumes into the server devices, and

otherwise executes day-to-day tasks using

NetWorker.

override

An interim backup level that takes place instead of

the scheduled one.

pathname

Instructions for accessing a file. An absolute

pathname tells you how to find a file beginning at

the root directory and working down the

directory tree. A relative pathname tells you how to

find the file starting from your current location.

preconfigured

Existing selections or configurations for different

NetWorker features.

print Instruction to send data to a printer.

recover The NetWorker command used to browse the

server index and recover files from a backup

volume to a client’s disk.

recycle A volume whose data has passed both its browse

and retention policies and is available for

relabeling.

retention policy Policy that determines how long entries will be

retained in the media index and thus be

recoverable.

retrieval The process of locating and copying back files and

directories that NetWorker has archived.

save The process by which NetWorker backs up client

files to backup volumes and makes data entries in

the online file index.

save set

A set of files or a filesystem backed up onto

backup media using NetWorker.

save set ID An internal identification number that NetWorker

assigns to a save set.

scanner The NetWorker command used to read a backup

volume when the online indexes are no longer

available.

server The computer on a network running the

NetWorker software, containing the online

indexes and providing backup and recovery

services to the clients on a network.