Glossary

data mover server

Arcserve Backup data mover servers facilitate the transfer of data to local storage devices. The storage devices include shared libraries and file system devices. Data mover servers are supported on UNIX or Linux operating systems. Arcserve Backup manages data mover servers from a single, centralized, primary server. Arcserve Backup data mover servers function in a manner that is similar to member servers.

file system device

A file system device (FSD) is folder or directory on a hard disk that is used to store and retrieve backup data.

locally accessible disk

A locally accessible disk is an FSD that communicates locally with a data mover server.

member server

Member servers function as worker servers to a primary server. Member servers process jobs dispatched by the primary server. Using primary and member servers you can have a single point of management for multiple Arcserve Backup servers in your environment. You can then use the Manager Console on the primary server to manage its member servers.

primary server

Primary servers function as a master server that controls itself and one or more member servers and data mover servers. With primary servers you can manage and monitor backup, restore, and other jobs that run on primary servers, member servers, and data mover servers. Using primary, member, and data mover servers, you can have a single point of management for multiple Arcserve Backup servers in your environment. You can then use the Manager Console to manage the primary server.

shared tape library

A shared library is a library that is shared between two or more Arcserve Backup servers (for example, a primary server, a member server, a data mover server, and a NAS filer).

UNIX and Linux Data Mover

UNIX and Linux Data Mover is a Arcserve Backup component that you install on UNIX servers and Linux servers. UNIX and Linux Data Mover lets you use a Windows backup server to back up data that resides on UNIX and Linux servers to locally accessible disks (file system devices) and to shared tape libraries that reside on a storage area network (SAN).