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Lightweight mounting of a secondary copy of file system data

  • US 10,514,853 B2
  • Filed: 05/23/2018
  • Issued: 12/24/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • one or more computing devices configured to;

    transmit filtering criteria to a secondary storage subsystem, the secondary storage subsystem including one or more secondary storage devices that contain a secondary copy of at least a portion of a file system;

    receive, at the secondary storage subsystem, the filtering criteria;

    determine, by the secondary storage subsystem, an abbreviated version of the secondary copy that satisfy the filtering criteria, wherein the abbreviated version of the secondary copy comprises an identification of one or more data objects in the secondary copy that satisfy the filtering criteria, wherein the identification corresponds to a subset of the data objects in the secondary copy;

    retrieve, by the secondary storage subsystem, metadata corresponding the abbreviated version;

    receive, from the secondary storage subsystem, metadata corresponding to the abbreviated version of the secondary copy;

    mount the abbreviated version of the secondary copy;

    display the abbreviated version of the secondary copy within a graphical user interface;

    receive an indication of a selection of an identification of a first data object in the one or more data objects;

    transmit, to the secondary storage subsystem, a request for a copy of the selected first data object; and

    receive the copy of the selected first data object from the secondary storage subsystem.

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