Patent ID: 7373364

Claim:
A method for generating a point-in-time restoration of a database to an active file system, comprising: storing a first snapshot, the first snapshot taken at a first time, the first snapshot including a set of database files; storing a copy of a first log file, the copy of the first log file associated with the first snapshot, the copy of the first log file including information that had not yet been incorporated into the database files as of the first time; storing a copy of a second log file, the copy of the second log file associated with a second snapshot taken at a second time subsequent to the first time, the copy of the second log file including information received subsequent to the first time that had not yet been incorporated into the database files as of the second time; and copying the first snapshot, the copy of the first log file, and the copy of the second log file to the active file system, to thereby restore at least a portion of the information received at the database subsequent to the first time without using the second snapshot.