Systems Management: Backup Services API (XBSA)
Copyright © 1998 The Open Group

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Open Group Technical Standard
Systems Management: Backup Services API (XBSA)
Document Number: C425
ISBN: 1-85912-056-3

• Frontmatter
  • Preface
    • The Open Group
    • The Development of Product Standards
    • Open Group Publications
    • Versions and Issues of Specifications
    • Corrigenda
    • Ordering Information
    • This Document
    • Intended Audience
    • Structure
    • Typographical Conventions
  • Trademarks
  • Referenced Documents
• Introduction
  • Objectives
  • Terminology
  • Overview
  • Deployment
  • Conformance
  • Future Directions
• Backup and Archive Architecture
  • Architectural Overview
  • Backup and Archive Operations
  • Open Backup Services API
  • XBSA Applications
  • XBSA Session
  • XBSA Objects and Object Names
    • Hierarchical Character Strings
    • XBSA Object Naming
  • Security
  • Object Descriptors
  • Object Data
  • Transaction Management
• Overview of Backup Services API
  • Initialization and Authentication
  • Transactions
  • Backup and Archive
  • Restore and Retrieve
  • Query
  • API Call Sequences
  • Buffers
    • Buffer Size
    • Private Buffer Space
    • Use of BSA_DataBlock32 in BSASendData()
    • Use of BSA_DataBlock32 in BSAGetData()
    • Shared Memory
      • Shared Memory on UNIX
      • Shared Memory on NT
• Backup Services API Definitions
  • General
  • Return Code Values
  • XBSA Function Definitions
  • BSABeginTxn
    • NAME
    • SYNOPSIS
    • DESCRIPTION
    • PARAMETERS
    • RETURN VALUE
  • BSACreateObject
    • NAME
    • SYNOPSIS
    • DESCRIPTION
    • PARAMETERS
    • EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
    • RETURN VALUE
  • BSADeleteObject
    • NAME
    • SYNOPSIS
    • DESCRIPTION
    • PARAMETERS
    • RETURN VALUE
  • BSAEndData
    • NAME
    • SYNOPSIS
    • DESCRIPTION
    • PARAMETERS
    • RETURN VALUE
  • BSAEndTxn
    • NAME
    • SYNOPSIS
    • DESCRIPTION
    • PARAMETERS
    • RETURN VALUE
  • BSAGetData
    • NAME
    • SYNOPSIS
    • DESCRIPTION
    • PARAMETERS
    • EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
    • RETURN VALUE
  • BSAGetEnvironment
    • NAME
    • SYNOPSIS
    • DESCRIPTION
    • PARAMETERS
    • EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
    • RETURN VALUE
  • BSAGetLastError
    • NAME
    • SYNOPSIS
    • DESCRIPTION
    • PARAMETERS
    • EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
    • RETURN VALUE
  • BSAGetNextQueryObject
    • NAME
    • SYNOPSIS
    • DESCRIPTION
    • PARAMETERS
    • RETURN VALUE
  • BSAGetObject
    • NAME
    • SYNOPSIS
    • DESCRIPTION
    • PARAMETERS
    • EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
    • RETURN VALUE
  • BSAInit
    • NAME
    • SYNOPSIS
    • DESCRIPTION
    • PARAMETERS
    • EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
    • RETURN VALUE
  • BSAQueryApiVersion
    • NAME
    • SYNOPSIS
    • DESCRIPTION
    • PARAMETERS
    • RETURN VALUE
  • BSAQueryObject
    • NAME
    • SYNOPSIS
    • DESCRIPTION
    • PARAMETERS
    • EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
    • RETURN VALUE
  • BSAQueryServiceProvider
    • NAME
    • SYNOPSIS
    • DESCRIPTION
    • PARAMETERS
    • EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
    • RETURN VALUE
  • BSASendData
    • NAME
    • SYNOPSIS
    • DESCRIPTION
    • PARAMETERS
    • EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
    • RETURN VALUE
  • BSATerminate
    • NAME
    • SYNOPSIS
    • DESCRIPTION
    • PARAMETERS
    • RETURN VALUE
• Type Definitions and Data Structures
  • Type Definitions
  • Enumerated Types
    • BSA_CopyType
    • BSA_ObjectStatus
    • BSA_ObjectType
    • BSA_Vote
  • Constant Values
  • Data Structures
    • BSA_ApiVersion
    • BSA_DataBlock32
    • BSA_ObjectDescriptor
    • BSA_ObjectName
    • BSA_ObjectOwner
    • BSA_QueryDescriptor
    • BSA_SecurityToken
• Information for Backup Services Developers
  • Networked Environments
  • Storage Hints
  • Object Routing
  • Restore Order
• C Language Header File
• Glossary
  • active object
  • application object
  • app_ObjectOwner
  • archive
  • backup
  • backup service
  • bsa_ObjectOwner
  • Catalog
  • Copy Id
  • Copy Type
  • handle
  • hierarchical character string
  • inactive object
  • incremental backup
  • object descriptor
  • object type
  • ObjectName
  • ObjectOwner
  • Objectspace
  • objectSpaceName
  • pathName
  • restore
  • Retention Period
  • retrieve
  • Status
  • XBSA
  • XBSA application
  • XBSA client
  • XBSA manager
  • XBSA object
  • Repository
  • XBSA session
• INDEX

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