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differential backup

Software; Virtualization

A process that backs up only files that have changed since the last full backup.

disk arrays

Software; Virtualization

Groups of multiple disk devices that are the typical SAN disk storage device. These arrays vary in design, capacity, performance, and other features.

disk mode

Software; Virtualization

A property of a virtual disk that defines its external behavior (how the virtualization layer treats its data). The disk mode is invisible to the guest operating system. Available ...

enumeration

Software; Virtualization

The act of discovering resources available in a virtual machine environment. In particular, discovering all resources of a given type or a list of resources discovered by ...

event

Software; Virtualization

An action that is of interest to vCenter Server. Each event triggers an event message. Event messages are archived in the vCenter Server database.

event declaration

Software; Virtualization

Type of event (alert, error, info, warning, or user) and its name, arguments, and message format.

existing partition

Software; Virtualization

A partition on a physical disk. See also physical disk.