Glossary

Updated: 08 Oct 2009 | 8 comments

pkh

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There are a lot of acronyms used in the forums. These are probably familiar to the reader if they are using the features, but would be totally baffling to someone who is new or not familiar with the product/feature. Perhaps someone should develop and maintain a glossary for easy reference.

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Sep

2009

3 Votes +3

riva11

Glossary

Nice idea, even if there is something already running on Symantec websites. See Symantec Security Glossary

Sep

2009

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pkh

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That glossary is not

That glossary is not comprehensive. I am still trying to figure out what GUP is in relation to Symantec Endpoint Protection or SEP. In the Backup Exec forum, acronymns like RAWS, RALUS, CASO are bandied about.

Sep

2009

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MichelZ

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GUP = Group Update

GUP = Group Update Provider

Can't help you with the others... :)

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Oct

2009

1 Vote +1

Andy Welburn

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The search function works

but only if if you're willing to trawl through '00's of T/Ns & BUG refs. :-s

Think a glossary could well prove useful though.

For completeness:

RAWS = Remote Agent for Windows Servers
RALUS = Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers
CASO = Central Admin Server Option

Regards Andy

"It's not too late to panic ..."

Oct

2009

3 Votes +3

riva11

PKH, that's true this

PKH, that's true this glossary is not comprehensive, but was only an example about other glossaries already avalable on Symantec. Btw, a collaborative glossary could be done by a Wiki (it was on the Juice) , also using some contributions in this post..

Regards,
Paolo

Oct

2009

2 Votes +2

Mr. Ship

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An older list of Acronyms from the VRTS days (with a few updates

AA	Active Active (disk array)
AC	Advanced Clustering
ACR	Advance Clustering Replication
ACR	Advanced Cluster RAC
AD	Active Directory
ADBO	Advanced Disk-based Backup Option (BEWS)
ADRA	Active Directory Recovery Agent - BEWS 12.5
AMVS	Agent for Microsoft Virtual Servers - BEWS 12.5
ANSI	American National Standards Institute
AOFO	Advanced Open File Option
AP	Accounts Payable
AP	Active Passive (disk array)
AP	Alternate Pathing
APAC	Asia Pacific
APG	Availability Product Group
APGS	Availability Products Group Support
APM	Array Policy Module
ASAP	As Soon As Possible
ASE	Adaptive Server Enterprise
ASL	Array Support Library
AST	Advanced Support Technologies
ATA	Advanced Technology Attachment (see IDE)
AVVI	Agent for VMware Virtual Infrastructure- BEWS 12.5
AWS	Agent for Windows Servers - BEWS 12.5
AXRT	AIX Release Train
B2D	Backup to Disk
BCAM	Business Critical Account Manager
BCV	Business Continuous Volume
BE	Backup Exec
BENT	Backup Exec NT
BENW	Backup Exec for NetWare
BENW	Backup Exec for NetWare Servers
BESR	Backup Exec System Recovery
BESRM	Backup Exec System Recovery Manager
BEWS	Backup Exec for Windows Servers
BI	Boot Image
BI	Business Intelligence
BLIB	Block Level Incremental Backup
BMR	Bare Metal Restore
BOHICA	Bend Over Here It Comes Again
BOM	Bill Of Material
BPR	Business Process Re-engineering
BURF	Back-Up, Reformat
CAL	Client Access License (BEWS)
CAP	Customer Accessp Program
CASO	Central Administration Server Option
CBT	Computer-Based Training
CBT	Core Beta Team
CDP	Continuous Data Protection
CDS	Cross Platform Data Sharing
CDS	Cross-Platform Data Sharing
CFS	Cluster File System
CID	Contract ID
CIM	Common Information Model
CMS	Centralized Management Server
CMS	Centralized Management System
COB	Close of Business
COM	Component Object Model
CORBA	Common Object Request Broker Architecture
CPE	Cross Product Engineering
CPE	Current Product Engineering
CS	Cluster Server
CS	Customer Service
CS	Customer Support
CSA	Central System Administrations
CSA	Cooperative Support Agreement
CSAT	Customer Support Acceptance Test
CSF	Common Services Framework
CSGRM	Customer Support Global Release Management
CU	Customer
CVM	Cluster Volume Manager
CVS	Concurrent Versions System
D2D2T	Disk To Disk To Tape
DAFS	Direct Access File System
DAIS	Device Discovery and Integration Services
DASD	Direct Attached Storage Device
DBAG	Database Admin Guide
DBED	Database Edition
DBMS	Database Management System
DBWR	Database Writer
DCOM	Distributed Component Object Model
DDL	Device Discover Layer
DFS	Distributed File System
DG	Disk Group
DLO	Desktop & Laptop Option - BEWS & NBU option
DLPI	Data Link Provider Interface
DMP	Dynamic Multi-Pathing
DMS	Desktop Management System
DNLC	Directory Name Lookup Cache
DNS	Domain Name Service
DPG	Data-protection Product Group
DR	Disaster Recovery
DR	Dynamic Reconfiguration
DRL	Dirty Region Logging
DRO	Database Replication Option
DSS	Decision Support System
DSSU	Disk Staging Storage Unit
DSU	Disk Storage Unit
EAD	Engineering Assessment Document
EBE	Enterprise Billing Edition
EBU	Enterprise Backup Utility
ECS	Enterprise Consulting Services
EFI	Extensible Firmware Interface (disk type)
EIT	Enterprise Information Team
ELAT	Engineering Linguistic Acceptance Testing
ELCN	Export Licensing Control Number
EMEA	A geographical region: Europe, the Middle East and Africa
ENL	Enterprise Network Layer
EOBD	End of Business Day
EOL	End of Life
EOSL	End of Support Life
ERD	Engineering Requirement Document
ERP	Enterprise Resource Planning
ESM	Enterprise Storage Manager
ESS	Enterprise Support Services
ETA	Emerging Technology Approval
EV	Enterprise Vault
FCO	Free of Charge Order
FCS	First Customer Ship
FDD	File Device Driver
FDD	Functional Design Document
FDS	Feature Design Summary
FIELD FLASH	Announcement
FMR	Fast Mirror Resync
FMR	Fast Mirror Resynchronization
FOC	Free of Charge Order
FOS	Fabric Operating System (used by Brocade switch)
FP	Feature Pack
FQDN	Fully Qualified Domain Name
FS	File System
FSCK	File System Check
FSO	File Sharing Option
FSSC	File System Steering Committee
FTP	File Transfer Protocol
FUBAR	Fouled Up Beyond All Repair
FW	FirstWatch
G11N	Globalization
GA	General Available
GAB	Global Atomic Broadcast
GCM	Global Cluster Manager
GCO	Global Cluster Option for SF
GCSS	Global Customer Support Services
GDM	Global Data Manager
GE	Global Enablement (formerly TTE or SRT)
GLM	Global Lock Manager
GM	Gold Master
GMS	VERITAS Group Messaging Services
GMTA	Great Minds Think Alike
GPC	Global Process Comittee
GSR	Global Support Representative
GUI	Graphical User Interface
HA	High Availability
HAL	Hardware Access Layer
HBA	Host Bus Adaptor
HCL	Hardware Compatibility List
HIPPA	Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
HP-SG	Hewlett-Packard ServiceGuard
HPC	High Performance Computing
HSM	Hierarchical Storage Management
HXRT	HP-UX Release Train
I18N	Internationalization
IA64	Intel Architecture 64-bit. Common reference to Itanium CPUs
ID10T	ID 10T - A type of problem found sitting in front of the keyboard
IDE	Integrated Drive Electronics
IIRC	If I Recall (Remember) Correctly
INAS	Intelligent Network Attached Storage
IPG	Internet Product Group
IPS	Intelligent Provisioning Service
ISCSI	Internet Small Computer System Interface
ITOOLS	In-house programming tools
IXRT	Infrastructure Release Train
JFS	Journaling File System
KGB	Known Good Board (hardware troubleshooting, from Russia with love:)
L10N	Localization
LDAP	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDM	Logical Disk Manager
LKRF	License Key Request Form
LLT	Low Latency Transport
LRF	Little Rubber Feet (a type of support)
LSR	Live State Recovery
LUN	Logical Unit (put out by HW array)
LVM	Logical Volume Manager
LXRT	Linux Release Train
MDS	Multi-Device Support filesystem spanning across volumes
ME	Manage Exec
MML	Media Management Layer
MOU	Memorandum of Understanding
MP	Maintenance Pack
MRD	Market Requirements Document
MSCS	Microsoft Cluster Server
MSEO	Media Server Encryption Option
MXRT	Management Solutions Release Train
NAS	Network Attached Storage
NAV	Norton Anti Virus
NBE	NetBackupExec
NBT	NetBIOS Translation
NBU	Net Backup
NBU	NetBackup
NDMP	Network Data Management Protocol
NFR	Not For Resale
NLB	Network Load Balancing
NOM	NetBackup Operations Manager
NPI	New Product Introduction
NSE	Network Storage Edition
NTFS	NT File System
ODM	Oracle Disk Manager
OEM	Oracle Enterprise Manager
OEM	Original Equipment Manaufacturer
OES	Open Enterprise Server (Novell)
OFO	Open File Option
OJFS	Online Journaling File System
OLAP	OnLine Analytical Processing
OLN	Oracle Learning Network
OLT	VxFS Object Location Table
OLTP	Online Transaction Processing
OPS	Oracle Parallel Server
P2R	Prepare To Restore
PAM	Product Acceptance Meeting
PAR	Product Action Request
PBX	Private Branch Exchange
PCA	probable cause analysis
PCN	Product Change Notice
PCO	Project Change Order
PDB	Parallel Database
PDC	Portable Data Containers OS independent relocatable VM & FS
PDDO	PureDisk Deduplication Option - NBU 6.5
PDOS	Pure Disk Operating System (based on SuSE Linux)
PEBKAC	Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair
PFS	Pay for Support
PGA	Process Global Area
PGM	Program Manager
PIG	Product Information Guide
PIM	Project Initiation Meeting
PIP	Product Initiation Plan
PLC	Product Life Cycle
PLM	Product Line Manager
PM	Product Manager
PME	Product Marketing Engineer
PMM	Product Marketing Manager
POA	Plan of Action (Titan)
POR	Plan of Record
PRD	Product Requirements Document
PS	Production Services
PSP	Partner Support Program
PTR	Program Trouble Report
QIO	Quick I/O
QLC	Qlogic HBA Driver
QLOG	Quick Log (File System module)
QOSS	Quality of Storage Service (4.0+)
QS	QuickStart (VCS)
RAC	Real Application Clusters
RALUS	Remote Agent for Linux and UNIX Servers (BEWS)
RAMS	Remote Agent for Macintosh Systems - BEWS option
RAWS	Remote Agent for Windows Servers (BEWS)
RCA	root cause analysis
RDAC	Redundant Disk Array Controller
RDBMS	Relational Database Management System
RIP	Remote Internet Protocol
RMALS	Remote Media Agent for Linux Servers - BEWS option
RMAN	Recovery Manager
RMON	Remote Monitoring
ROEMEA	Regions Outside Europe, Middle East, Africa
ROW	Remote Monitoring
ROW	Rest Of (The) World
RPM	Redhat Package Manager
RPM	Regional Product Manager
RPM	Regional Product Managment
RT	Release Train
RTAM	Regional Technical Account Manager
RTF	Read This First
RTFM	Read The Flaming Manual
RTM	Release to Manufacturing
RTSE	Regional Technical Support Engineer
SAG	System Admin Guide
SAL	SAN Access Layer
SAN	Storage Area Network
SAP	Service Access Point
SAP	Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung
SAP	Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing
SATA	Serial Advanced Technology Attachment
SAV	Symantec AntiVirus
SBS	Small Business Server (Windows)
SCS	Symantec Client Security
SCSI	Small Computer System Interface
SCSP	Symantec Critical System Protection
SDK	Software Development Kit
SE	Sales Engineer or System Engineer
SF	Storage Foundation
SFDC	SalesForceDotCom (salesforce.com)
SFORAC	Storage Foundation for Oracle Real Application Clusters
SFW	Storage Foundation for Windows
SGE	System Global Area
SGS	Symantec Gateway Security
SIG	Shared Infrastructure Group
SIPS	System Integrator Professional Services
SKU	Stock Keeping Unit
SLA	Service Level Agreement
SLES	SuSE Linux Enterprise Server
SLIM	Symantec License Inventory Manager
SME	Small to Medium Enterprise
SMTP	Simple Mail Transport Protocol
SNAFU	Situation Normal: All Fouled Up
SNIA	Storage Networking Industry Association
SNMP	Simple Network Management Protocol
SNS	Symantec Network Security
SOS	Support On Site
SOX	Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
SPANAS	ServPoint Appliance for NAS
SPC	SAN Point Control
SPD	San Point Direct (for Windows)
SPFS	SanPoint Foundation Suite
SPFS/HA	SanPoint Foundation Suite / High Availability
SQL	Structured Query Language
SRDF	Symmetrix Remote Data Facility
SRFS	Storage Replicator for File System
SRM	Storage Resource Manager
SRNT	Storage Replicator for NT
SRT	Shared Resource Tree
SRT	Support Readiness Training
SRT	Support Request Tracker
SRVM	Storage Replicator for Volume Manager
SSMG	Server and Storage Management Group
SSO	Shared Storage Option
STED	Storage Edition for Oracle
STORM	Storage Migrator
STR	Short Term Reseller Agreement
SXRT	Solaris Release Train
SYBED	Database Edition for Sybase
TANSTAAFL	There Aint No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TBD	To Be Determined
TCO	Total Cost of Ownership
TED	Technical Education Development
TED	Test Event Driver
TLA	Three Letter Acronym
TOI	Transfer of Information
TOT	Top of the (source) Tree
TPA	Tested Partner Agreement
TPC	Transaction Processing Performance Council
TSANET	Technical Support Alliance Network
TSE	Tech Support Engineer
TSM	Tivoli Storage Manager
TSPP	Technical Services Partner Program
TTSD	Time To Solution Delivery (status code)
TWIMC	To Whom It May Concern:
UDB	Universal Database (IBM)
UFS	UNIX File System
UXRT	UNIX Release Train (Solaris, Linux, AIX, HPUX)
VAD	Veritas Application Director
VAIL	VERITAS Array Integration Layer
VCM	Veritas Configuration Manager
VCS	VERITAS Cluster Server
VEA	VERITAS Enterprise Administrator
VEP	VERITAS Enabled Program
VERTEX	Storage networking initiative for Data Protection products
VES	VERITAS Education Services
VFMS	VERITAS federated Mapping Services
VFR	VERITAS File Replicator
VIA	VERITAS Integration Architecture
VIA	Virtual Interface Architecture
VIC	VERITAS Information Center
VISA	VERITAS Intelligent Storage Agent
VLAN	Virtual Local Area Network
VML	VERITAS Media Librarian
VMNT	VERITAS Volume Manager (Windows Platform)
VMSA	Volume Manager Storage Administrator (new VM GUI); aka Sequoia
VOS	VERITAS Oracle Sun
VPI	VERITAS Product Installer (formerly W-CPI)
VPLC	VERITAS Product Life Cycle
VPP	VERITAS Partner Program
VRAS	Volume Replicator Administrative Services
VRTS	VERITAS Software
VSM	VERITAS Storage Manager
VSM	Veritas Storage Migrator
VSN	VERITAS Support Number
VSR	VERITAS Storage Replicator
VU	VERITAS University
VVR	VERITAS Volume Replicator
VX	VERITAS & Unix (but now, just "VERITAS")
VXAQ	VERITAS Application Quiescence
VXAZ	VERITAS Authorization Service
VXFI	VERITAS Frozen Image
VXFIS	VERITAS Frozen Image Services
VXFS	VERITAS & Unix (but now, just "VERITAS")
VXFS	VERITAS File System
VXIF	VERTIAS Installation Framework
VXLD	VERITAS Log Device (now QuickLog)
VXMS	VERITAS Mapping Service
VXOB	VERITAS Object Browser
VXPLC	VERITAS Product Life Cycle
VXPSP	VERITAS Product Software Platform
VXREP	VERITAS Reporting
VXSCHED	VERITAS Scheduling
VXSMF	VERITAS Service Management Framework
VXSS	VERITAS Security Services
VXTF	VERITAS TimeFinder Toolkit
VXUL	VERTIAS Unified Logging
VXUNS	VERITAS User Notifications
VXVA	VERITAS Visual Administrator (old VM GUI)
VXVI	VERITAS Virtual Infrastructure
VXVM	VERITAS Volume Manager
W2K	Windows 2000
WAFL	Write Anywhere File Layout
WFM	Work Force Management
WINS	Windows Internet Naming Service
WLBS	Windows Load Balancing Service
WXRT	Windows Release Train

Dec

2009

0 Votes 0

Frank019

thanks Mr. Ship for the list

Dec

2009

2 Votes +2

Vikram Kumar-SAV to SEP

Symantec Employee

Accredited

SEPM - Symantec Endpoint

SEPM - Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager
SEP - Symantec Endpoint Protection ( Clien )
GUP - Group Update Provider
MSL - Management Server List
PTP - Proactive Threat Protection
NTP - Network Threat Protection
AV - Antivirus :)
SAV - Symantec Antivirus
SSC - Symantec Security Center
SCS - Symantec Client Security
SCF - Symantec Client Firewall
RTM - Release to Market ( Vrsion of SEP 11.0.780.xxxx )
UAC - User Access Control
IIS - Internet Information Services ( Manager)
SPC -Symantec Protection Manager ( SEP 12.x )
NAC - Network Access Control
SNAC - Symantec Netowkr Access Control
HI Polcy - SNAC Host Intigrity Policy
Defs - Definitions ( Virus Definitions or PTP or NTP defs)
IPS - Intrusion Prevention System
FW - Firewall
App & Dev Control - Application and Device Control
SEP SBE -Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 12.x
SEP EE - Symantec Endpoint Protection Enterprise Edition 11.x
ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival
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SEE - Symantec Endpoint Encryption
ESM - Symantec Enterprise Security Manager
CCS - Control Compliance Suite
SAV for NAS - Symantec Antivirus for Network Attached Storage
DLP - Symantec Data Loss Prevention ( Vontu )
SMS for MSE - Symantec Mail Security for Microsoft Echange
SMS for SMTP - SMS for Simple Mail transfer Protocol mail server

These are the one I normally use or can think about..will update if I think of anything new.

By the I dint knew RTFM was Read the Flaming Manual ..thanks for that..

VMWARE-- SEP 12.1 vs McAfee vs Trend Micro

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GUP = Group Update

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PKH, that's true this

An older list of Acronyms from the VRTS days (with a few updates

thanks Mr. Ship for the list

SEPM - Symantec Endpoint

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