Patent ID: 9098432
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a previously stored backup image from archive media, the previously stored backup image comprising a plurality of data objects including data content and metadata for each of the plurality of data objects; decoding, by an image adapter engine, the previously stored backup image to identify (i) a format of the previously stored backup image using the metadata for each of the plurality of data objects and metadata associated with the backup image from the archive media, (ii) the data content of the plurality of data objects, and (iii) an original path information for the backup image as the backup image originally existed before a backup; transmitting the data content of the plurality of data objects to a deduplication engine, thereby enabling the deduplication engine to a store single instance of the data content to the archive media; and storing information to perform a restoration of the backup image comprising the metadata, a hash ID and the original path information for each of the plurality of data objects, the metadata associated with the backup image from the archive media, the information to perform the restoration being stored separately from the backup image.