Patent ID: 7822726

Claim:
A method for use by a backup manager, the method comprising: initiating a backup procedure, and in response to initiating the backup procedure: identifying a storage object to be backed up, wherein the storage object is stored in a file system at a first host; generating a backup version of the storage object; determining whether the storage object has an associated extensibility record, wherein the extensibility record comprises a first reparse point including a first tag and a first data field, wherein the first tag indicates the first reparse point is of a first type which is for use by the file system at the first host; in response to determining that the storage object has an associated extensibility record: generating an encoded version of the first reparse point; generating a second reparse point including a second tag and a second data field, wherein the second reparse point is associated with the backup version of the storage object, and wherein the second tag indicates the second reparse point is of a second type which is for use by the backup manager, the second type being different from the first type; storing both the encoded version of the first reparse point and data from the first data field within the second data field of the second reparse point; storing the backup version of the storage object; and storing the second reparse point; restoring the storage object from the backup version, wherein said restoring comprises regenerating the extensibility record from the encoded version.