Terms and Acronyms

The following tables list industry vs Commvault descriptors, and technical terms and acronyms used in this document.

Industry and Commvault Terminology

Commvault and its Simpana® data management software incorporates many industry standard and unique features. It may be difficult for a non-Commvault user to compare well-known components such as a management server with Commvault branded terminology. Table C-1 showing industry terms with Commvault branded terminology.

Table C-1 Service Support Roles

Industry Term
Commvault Branded Term

Group and User Permission

Capabilities & User Actions

Agent

iDataAgent

Backup Server

MediaAgent

Desktop & Laptops

Edge Devices

Management Server

CommServe

Backup Environment

CommCell

Laptop, Server, and/or Virtual Machine containing 1 or more Agents

Client or Client Computer

Selection of data on a Client to be managed uniquely

Sub-client

Secure network routing
  • Firewall Configuration
  • Direct Connections using port tunnels
  • Port-forwarding gateways
  • The perimeter network (also known as a DMZ) using a Simpana® proxy
  • HTTP proxies (including WiFi connections)
  • Combinations of these

Collection of settings

Retention

Storage logical target

Number of data copies

Storage lifecycle policy

Storage configuration

Storage Policy

Terminology

Table C-2 defines technology terms and acronyms used in this document or by Commvault.

 

Table C-2 Terms and Definitions

Term
Definition

Application

A term of convenience that encompasses applications, databases, even VMs.

Archiving

Copying computer data.

Auxiliary Copy

Copy (backup) of computer data.

BaaS

Backup-as-a-Service

Backup

Archived computer data.

Backup Set

A group of subclients defining data to be backed up by the iDataAgent.

Backupset

A group of subclients which includes all of the data backed up by the Virtual Server Agent.

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol

CCA-MCP

Cisco Cloud Architecture for Microsoft Cloud Platform

Client

Software that accesses a remote service on another computer.

CommCell

A Commvault Simpana data protection environment made up of at least a CommServer, a MediaAgent, and some number of clients to be protected.

CommServe

The Commvault Simpana primary server that is responsible for client management, scheduling, data retention, job history, and media management.

CSP

Cloud Service Provider

CSR (1000V)

Cisco Cloud Services Router 1000V

Data Set

Collection of data

DC

Data center

Discovery

Searching Virtual Machines in the vCenter, Hyper-V cluster or server based on a specific criteria.

DR

Disaster Recovery

Drive Pool

Collection of storage devices.

DVS

Distributed Virtual Switch

FC

Fibre Channel

GE

Gigabit Ethernet

Guest Host

A virtual machine.

Guest OS

The operating system running on the virtual machine (such as Windows or Linux).

HA

High Availability

HDD

Hard Disk Drive

IaaS

Infrastructure-as-a-Service

iDataAgent

Provides unified protection and recovery for most common operating systems, databases, and applications.

Index Cache

Catalog of all data that has been protected and where it is retained within the CommCell.

ISR

Integrated Services Router

LAN

Local Area Network

Library

Logical collection of disk or tape used to store the data protected within the CommCell.

MediaAgent

The workhorse of the environment that manages deduplication database and the data transmission between clients and storage media.

Mount Path

The definition of the path used to write to the disks or tape drives within a Library.

MPLS

Multi Protocol Label Switching

MPLS

Multi Protocol Label Switching

NAS

Network Attached Storage

NAT

Network Address Translation

NFS

Network File System

Node

The Hyper-V server on which the iDataAgent is installed. This computer facilitates most of the data movement from the Hyper-V server to the backup media. Such computers are referred to as a Node.

OSPF

Open Shortest Path First

PE

Provider Edge

Proxy Computer

A physical computer separate from the host computer on which the Virtual Server Agent is installed. This computer facilitates most of the data movement from the host computer to the backup media. In some cases, this computer may be a virtual machine installed on the host computer. Such computers are referred to as a Proxy.

Restore

Recovering stored data from backup or archive.

ROBO

Remote Office/Branch Office

SAN

Storage Area Network

SLA

Service License Agreement

SLB

Server Load Balancing

SP

Service Provider

SSD

Solid State Drive

Storage Policy

Procedural guidelines for housing, securing, and archiving data.

STP

Spanning Tree Protocol

Subclient

A logical entity that uniquely defines a unit of data, or set of virtual machines, to be backed up.

SVI

Switch Virtual Interface

Tenant

Consumer of backup or any cloud services.

UCS

(Cisco) Unified Computing System

UCSM

(Cisco) UCS Manager

Vendor

The virtualization software being used (such as VMware).

Virtual Client

A logical entity that serves as a single point of administration for all proxies or servers in a Hyper-V cluster.

Virtual Server Agent
Virtual Server iDataAgent

A software module that performs backup and restore of virtual machine data.

VLAN

Virtual LAN

VM

Virtual Machine

vPC

Virtual PortChannel

VPC

Virtual Private Cloud

VPN

Virtual Private Network

VRF

Virtual Routing and Forwarding

WAN

Wide Area Network