Patent ID: 7509358

Claim:
A method for performing replication operation with a surfaced copy of data, the method comprising: performing replication operations using a continuous data protection system that saves one or more series of transactions of a production application; identifying a pseudosnapshot relating to a point in time in series of transactions stored on the continuous data protection system, wherein the pseudosnapshot corresponds to data that is in a quiescent state, wherein the identifying a pseudosnapshot includes identifying an initial transaction at the beginning of the pseudosnapshot, a last transaction at the end of the pseudosnapshot, and an event marker, the event marker identifying a particular point in time after one of the transactions in the series of transactions is saved on the continuous data protection system; receiving a selection from a user through a graphical user interface identifying a destination for sending a copy of the transactions; surfacing a copy of at least a portion of the series of transactions saved before the point in time related to the pseudosnapshot, wherein the surfacing the copy includes copying all of the transactions in the series of transactions from the initial transaction of the pseudosnapshot to the last transaction of the pseudosnapshot; and sending the surfaced copy to a remote computer such that the surfaced copy is read to perform analysis on the surfaced copy.