Patent ID: 7882069

Claim:
A computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method, the method comprising: receiving a signal that identifies a file to be selectively processed by a tag-aware backup logic configured to produce a recovery image that includes a first set of files having a relationship with a first recovery image inclusion tag and a set of files not having a relationship with a recovery image inclusion tag; establishing a relationship between the file and a recovery image inclusion tag, where establishing the relationship between the file and the recovery image inclusion tag includes one or more of: encoding the recovery image inclusion tag into metadata in the file; and encoding the recovery image inclusion tag into metadata associated with but not in the file; controlling the tag-aware backup logic to selectively automatically add the file to the recovery image based, at least in part, on the relationship between the file and the recovery image inclusion tag; and controlling the tag-aware backup logic to store the recovery image on a computer-readable storage medium.