Patent ID: 7603395

Claim:
A system for surfacing a copy of data stored in a continuous data protection system, the copy of data used in performing replication operations, the system comprising: a data tap configured to intercept a series of transactions of a production application and to communicate each of the series of transactions to the continuous data protection system; the continuous data protection system including a computer and a processor, the continuous data protection system configured to save the series of transactions of the production application, the continuous data protection system configured to allow a point in time view of the series of transactions; and a replication application communicating with the continuous data protection system, the replication application configured to: initiate generation of at least one pseudosnapshot of the series of transactions saved on the continuous data protection system; create at least one event marker that identifies a point in time in the series of transactions in a write journal, each pseudosnapshot associated with at least one event marker, wherein at least one of the at least one pseudosnapshot corresponds to a quiescent state for at least a portion of the series of transactions in the write journal; present the at least one pseudosnapshot to a user using the at least one event marker, wherein each of the at least one pseudosnapshot is viewed by the user as a snapshot in a graphical user interface, wherein a particular pseudosnapshot is selected for surfacing and wherein the particular pseudosnapshot identifies a dataset that can be reliably surfaced; and initiate surfacing of a copy of the at least a portion of the series of transactions that were saved before the generation of the selected pseudosnapshot.