User Guide

Preface 7
Storage Management Services Administration Guide
103-000134-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Preface
Novell
®
Storage Management Services
TM
(SMS
TM
) is a collection of software
programs that provides backup and restore services. These services are
performed by a collection of components that are independent of operating
systems and hardware.
You can backup SMS Targets such as Novell eDirectory
TM
, binderies, the file
system, cluster-enabled pools or an individual workstation's hard disk onto a
media that can be stored off-site. If you have a hardware failure, natural
catastrophe, corrupted data, or incorrectly deleted or changed data, you can
recover a previous version of the data.
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,
TM
, etc.) denotes a Novell trademark. An asterisk
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