Patent ID: 7634511

Claim:
A method comprising: generating commands to query a database recovery manager; issuing the commands from a backup module to the database recovery manager wherein the commands request logical identifiers corresponding to one or more physical backup pieces generated during a backup of a database, each of the logical identifiers identifies a respective one of a plurality of logical database components, and the logical database components comprise at least one of a table space and a database control file; receiving the logical identifiers from the database recovery manager in response to the commands; generating a backup view based upon the logical identifiers, wherein the backup view identifies logical database components that are available to be restored from one or more backups generated during a backup period; receiving user input selecting one or more of the logical database components identified in the backup view and a time; and providing one or more of the logical identifiers and the time to the database recovery manager, wherein the one or more of the logical identifiers identify the selected one or more of the logical database components.