Patent ID: 7720817
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for browsing objects on a protected volume in a continuous data protection system, comprising the steps of: (a) displaying a list of top-level objects on the protected volume to a user; (b) presenting to the user a top-level object on the protected volume to browse; (c) providing the user a first browsing option and a second browsing option for browsing the top-level object, wherein: (d) decoding the desired snapshot and displaying a list of objects corresponding to the desired snapshot; (e) verifying that the selected snapshot is self-consistent, wherein if the selected snapshot is not self-consistent, then determining if the selected snapshot contains an application journal, and wherein if the selected snapshot contains an application journal, then using the application journal to adjust the selected snapshot in time until it is self-consistent; wherein if the selected snapshot does not contain an application journal, then presenting a warning to the user that the snapshot is not self-consistent; (f) enabling the user to select a particular object from the list of objects; (g) decoding the particular object; and (h) performing operations on the particular object.