Patent ID: 7685178

Claim:
A computer system configured to examine client generated content stored on a client computer file system, comprising: an agent executed by a processor configured to determine a block layout information of a data container stored within the client computer file system, wherein the block layout information of the data container is implemented in terms of native file system semantic of the client computer file system, and wherein the data container stored within the client computer file system is overlaid onto a logical unit number exported to the client computer file system by a storage system; wherein the agent is further configured to transmit the block layout information of the data container stored within the client computer file system to the storage system; and a file system of the storage system configured to receive the block layout information and reconstruct a volume within the storage system file system from the block layout information, wherein the volume is implemented in terms of native file system semantic of the storage system and configured to share data blocks with the exported logical unit number.