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Generic file level restore from a block-level secondary copy

  • US 10,089,193 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2017
  • Issued: 10/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for restoring data, comprising:

  • with a first computing device residing in a data storage system,using an interface object to obtain file system metadata corresponding to a block-level secondary copy, the block-level secondary copy including a plurality of files stored across a plurality of blocks on one or more secondary storage devices;

    processing the obtained file system metadata with a processor of the first computing device to mount the block-level secondary copy onto the first computing device;

    in response to a request to restore at least one first file of the plurality of files of the block-level secondary copy, using the interface object to request a read from the one or more secondary storage devices of one or more first blocks of the plurality of blocks, the first blocks corresponding to the first file,wherein the interface object initiates retrieval of the one or more first blocks from the one or more secondary storage devices, andwherein the first file is copied, using the one or more first blocks, to one or more primary storage devices associated with the first computing device.

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