Patent ID: 8566297
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for restoring data in a computing system, the method comprising: accessing data in a data storage medium, said data being stored according to a first file format; deciphering the first file format by a filter driver coupled to intercept requests for access to the data received from one or more clients; spoofing the existence of one or more spoofed files that do not exist on the data storage medium, wherein each of the one or more spoofed files corresponds to data stored on the data storage medium; presenting the spoofed files to a client of the one or more clients for selection to be restored; receiving a request from the client to restore at least one of said spoofed files; restoring the at least one of said spoofed files in response to receiving said request, wherein said restoring comprises restoring at least a portion of the data stored on the data storage medium; and reading catalog data, using a backup server, to identify point in time backup images stored on the storage medium.