Index_B

B

Background scanning, 339, 340

Backup operation, 123–32

basics, 123–24

cleanup, 126

database copying, 125

illustrated, 124

initializing, 124–25

planning/procedure implications, 126–28

poor, misunderstood patch file, 128–30

transaction log backup, 125–26

transaction log truncation, 126

Backup/restore

fundamentals, 115–22

off-line, 121–22

operations, recoverability and, 14

performance, increasing, 172–73

SLAs, 53

strategy selection, 167–71

Backups

combination of, 126–27

device/media selection criteria, 164–65

differential, 116, 118–19

full, 116, 117–18

incremental, 116, 118–19

LAN-based, 295

media, 163

off-line, 121–22

patch operation during, 129

planning/procedures implications, 126–28

software selection criteria, 162–63

strategy comparison, 170

strategy selection, 167–71

types, 116–17

using VSS, 142

Balanced Tree structure. See B-Tree structure

Basic Input/Output System (BIOS), 44

BCVClones, 227–29

BCVSnap comparison, 230–31

breaking off, 228

defined, 227

illustrated, 228

using with Exchange, 231–32

vendors, 227–28

BCVSnaps, 229–30

BCVClone comparison, 230–31

defined, 229

illustrated, 229

uses, 230

using with Exchange, 231–32

Best practices

backup/recovery strategy selection, 167–71

cluster management, 287–94

disaster recovery, 155–86, 379

disaster-recovery management, 177–84

disaster-recovery plan development, 174–77

disaster-recovery selection, 161–67

disaster recovery SLAs, 159–61

disaster-recovery windows, shrinking, 171–74

growth impact planning, 184–86

plan and partition data, 157–59

prefailure errors, 36

storage design, 61–62

understand Exchange technology, 155–57

Black box of downtime, 35–42, 378

decision/action point, 38

defined, 35

failure point, 37

illustrated, 35

normal operational point, 40–41

notification point, 37–38

postrecovery action point, 39–40

prefailure errors, 36–37

recovery action point, 38–39

See also Downtime

BMC Patrol, 369, 372, 374

B-Tree

implementation, 71

indexes, 73

long-value, 74

technology, 71

B-Tree structure, 69–73

arrangement, 73

defined, 69

ESE, 71

illustrated, 70

standard, 70, 71

Business continuance volumes (BCVs), 173–74

Knowledge Base article references, 232

variants, 227

See also BCVClones; BCVSnaps