Dell Appassure 5 User Guide

Dell AppAssure User Guide
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Glossary
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Agent
The AppAssure Agent is software installed on a physical or virtual machine that lets it be added to 
protection in the AppAssure Core.
AppAssure
AppAssure sets a new standard for unified data protection by combining backup, replication, and 
recovery in a single solution that is engineered to be the fastest and most reliable backup for 
protecting virtual machines (VM), as well as physical and cloud environments.
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base image
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Dell AppAssure User Guide
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The AppAssure Core is the central component of the AppAssure architecture. The Core provides the 
essential services for backup, recovery, retention, replication, archiving, and management. In the 
context of replication, the Core is also called a source core. The source core is the originating core, 
while the target core is the destination (another AppAssure Core on its own dedicated server, where 
protected machines or clusters are...

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Version 5.4.3 Revision B511 Local Console
The Local Console is a Web-based interface that lets you fully manage the AppAssure Core.
Local Mount Utility
The Local Mount Utility (LMU) is a downloadable application that lets you mount a recovery point on 
a remote AppAssure Core from any machine.
log truncation
Log truncation is a function that removes log records from the transaction log. For a SQL Server 
machine, when you force truncation of the SQL Server logs, this process...

Dell AppAssure User Guide
Version 5.4.3 Revision B512 prohibited phrases
Prohibited phrases are phrases (or sets of characters) that should not be used as the name for any 
object in the AppAssure Core Console, because they are reserved for the use of operating systems. It 
is best practice is to avoid using these phrases at all if possible. For example, when defining a 
display name for a protected machine, do not use any of the following phrases:
protected machine
A protected machine, sometimes...

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Replication is self-optimizing with a unique read-match-write (RMW) algorithm that is tightly coupled 
with deduplication. It represents the relationship between the target and source cores in the same 
site or across two sites with slow link in which the source core asynchronously transmits the data to 
the target or source core on a per agent basis.
replicated machine
A replicated machine (also known as a target core) is a copy of a...

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SQL attachability is a test run within the AppAssure Core to ensure that all SQL recovery points are 
without error and are available for backup in the event of a failure.
SQL backup
A SQL backup is a copy of data that is used to restore and recover that data on a SQL server after a 
system failure. From the SQL backup, you can perform recovery of the complete SQL database, or 
one or more of the components of the SQL database.
SQL...

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white labeling
AppAssure provides the ability for providers of backup and disaster recovery services to white label 
or re-brand AppAssure with their own identity; and then sell or distribute it as their own product or 
service.
Windows failover cluster
A group of independent computers that work together to increase the availability of applications and 
services. The clustered servers (called nodes) are connected by physical cables and by software....

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