Patent ID: 7966293

Claim:
A system for indexing and manipulating backup data stored on a destination storage system, comprising: one or more source storage systems configured to transmit the backup data to the destination storage system; a management client comprising a processor configured to execute a management application, the management application configured to communicate with the destination storage system and further configured to access data identifiers related to the backup data organized in a directory tree representing a plurality of persistent consistency point images (PCPIs) of the backup data, wherein each PCPI is associated with a creation time, the management application further configured to scan the directory tree through at least one volume information block configured to reference each root of each PCPI comprising the directory tree to generate an index of directories, files, or qtrees associated with the directory tree, the management application further configured to organize the data identifiers to enable display of the backup data on a display screen of the management client; and a user interface of the management client configured to select a directory, a file, or a qtree to view, and, in response to the selection, the management client further configured to query the management application, and, in response to the query, further configured to return a list of the selected directory, file, or qtree and one or more versions of the selected directory, file, or qtree.