Patent ID: 8219528

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of managing, on a computer, a plurality of backup sets of data maintained in a computer system, the data including a hierarchy of objects, the method comprising: displaying a first group of backup sets of the plurality of backup sets, wherein the first group of backup sets is displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display coupled to the computer, the GUI comprises a plurality of views, each of the plurality of views is designated as an unpinned view, and the first group of backup sets is displayed in the unpinned views; pinning a selected backup set of the first group of backup sets, wherein the selected backup set is displayed in a first view of the plurality of views, the pinning designates the first view as a pinned view, and the pinning occurs in response to a first command; displaying a second group of backup sets of the plurality of backup sets in the GUI, wherein the second group of backup sets is displayed in ones of the plurality of views that remain designated as unpinned views, in response to a second command, and the first view designated as the pinned view continues to display the selected backup set, in response to the second command; displaying a third group of backup sets of the plurality of backup sets in the ones of the plurality of views that remain designated as unpinned views, in response to a third command; and pinning an other selected backup set of the third group of backup sets, wherein the other selected backup set is displayed in a respective one of the views, the respective one of the views is designated as an other pinned view, and the pinning the other selected backup set occurs in response to a fourth command.