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F

Fibre Channel

The collection of physical interconnect hardware and the Fibre Channel protocol.

frequency (backup)

This determines how often NetBackup performs automatic scheduled backups within a particular policy (class). For example, if the frequency is seven days, then backups occur once a week.

FROZEN media state

If a volume is FROZEN, NetBackup keeps it indefinitely and can restore from it but not use it for further backups or archives.

full backup

A backup that copies to a storage unit all files and directories that are beneath a specified directory.

FULL media state

If this appears in a report or listing, it indicates the volume is full and cannot hold more data or be used for further backups.

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