svn commit - mysqldoc@oter02: r25276 - trunk/dynamic-docs/glossary

[john.russell]

Author: jdrussel
Date: 2011-03-05 01:17:27 +0100 (Sat, 05 Mar 2011)
New Revision: 25276

Log:
Filling in some more support-related and server-related terms.


Modified:
   trunk/dynamic-docs/glossary/monitor.xml


Modified: trunk/dynamic-docs/glossary/monitor.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/dynamic-docs/glossary/monitor.xml	2011-03-05 00:10:09 UTC (rev 25275)
+++ trunk/dynamic-docs/glossary/monitor.xml	2011-03-05 00:17:27 UTC (rev 25276)
Changed blocks: 5, Lines Added: 43, Lines Deleted: 10; 3136 bytes

@@ -124,9 +124,11 @@
         servers such as <emphasis role="bold">SMTP</emphasis> for e-mail
         alerts and <emphasis role="bold">NMS</emphasis> for
         <emphasis role="bold">SNMP</emphasis> traps. It pulls
-        support-related data from the My Oracle Support site. You view
-        the results in the <emphasis role="bold">Dashboard</emphasis>,
-        which is protected by its own login and optionally by
+        support-related data from the
+        <link linkend="glos_my_oracle_support">My Oracle Support</link>
+        site. You view the results in the
+        <emphasis role="bold">Dashboard</emphasis>, which is protected
+        by its own login and optionally by
         <emphasis role="bold">LDAP</emphasis> authentication.
       </para>
 

@@ -220,6 +222,23 @@
 
   </glossent>
 
+  <glossent id="host">
+
+    <gterm>host</gterm>
+    <def>
+
+      <para>
+        A computer running one or more
+        <emphasis role="bold">instances</emphasis> of
+        <emphasis role="bold">MySQL server</emphasis>.
+      </para>
+
+    </def>
+    <gseealso glosid="instance"/>
+    <gseealso glosid="mysql_server"/>
+
+  </glossent>
+
   <glossent id="advisor">
 
     <gterm>advisor</gterm>

@@ -1235,9 +1254,15 @@
     <gterm>My Oracle Support</gterm>
     <def>
 
-      <para></para>
+      <para>
+        The web site for filing bugs and <emphasis role="bold">service
+        requests</emphasis> with Oracle Support. (Commercial customers
+        such as &merlin; users now use the official Oracle support
+        channel rather than the MySQL bug database.)
+      </para>
 
     </def>
+    <gseealso glosid="service_request"/>
     <gseealso glosid="whats_new_tab"/>
 
   </glossent>

@@ -1247,10 +1272,16 @@
     <gterm>MySQL server</gterm>
     <def>
 
-      <para></para>
+      <para>
+        The MySQL database <emphasis role="bold">instance</emphasis>
+        running on a <emphasis role="bold">host</emphasis> computer.
+        More than one MySQL instance can run on the same computer,
+        either as separate <literal>mysqld</literal> processes or
+        through virtualization.
+      </para>
 
     </def>
-    <gseealso glosid=""/>
+    <gseealso glosid="instance"/>
 
   </glossent>
 

@@ -1466,13 +1497,15 @@
     <def>
 
       <para>
-        Generic term for a bug that you have filed or a support issue
-        that you have opened, on the My Oracle Support site. Formerly,
-        we referred to these as <emphasis role="bold">support
-        issues</emphasis>.
+        Generic term for a bug that you have filed or a support request
+        that you have opened, on the
+        <link linkend="glos_my_oracle_support">My Oracle Support</link>
+        site. Formerly, we referred to these as
+        <emphasis role="bold">support issues</emphasis>.
       </para>
 
     </def>
+    <gseealso glosid="my_oracle_support"/>
     <gseealso glosid="support_issue"/>
 
   </glossent>