Individual object restore
First Claim
1. A method for restoring an object comprising:
- receiving a request to restore an object;
searching for a tombstone associated with the object, wherein the tombstone is any deleted or undeleted file associated with the object to be restored;
reanimating the object from the object tombstone when the object tombstone is found;
outputting a representation of available backup files;
receiving a selection of at least one of the available backup files;
restoring at least one of the selected backup files into a temporary location;
mounting at least one of the restored backup files as a server;
outputting a representation of available objects from the server;
receiving a selection of at least one of the available objects to be restored from the server; and
copying the at least one selected object from the server into an Active Directory.
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Abstract
A method for restoring an object comprises receiving a request to restore an object. Also, the method includes outputting a representation of available backup files and receiving a selection of at least one of the available backup files. Further, the method comprises restoring at least one of the selected backup files into a temporary location and mounting at least one of the restored backup files as a server. In addition, the method includes outputting a representation of available objects from the server and receiving a selection of at least one of the available objects to be restored from the server. Also, the method includes copying one or more selected objects from the server into an Active Directory.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for restoring an object comprising:
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receiving a request to restore an object; searching for a tombstone associated with the object, wherein the tombstone is any deleted or undeleted file associated with the object to be restored; reanimating the object from the object tombstone when the object tombstone is found; outputting a representation of available backup files; receiving a selection of at least one of the available backup files; restoring at least one of the selected backup files into a temporary location; mounting at least one of the restored backup files as a server; outputting a representation of available objects from the server; receiving a selection of at least one of the available objects to be restored from the server; and copying the at least one selected object from the server into an Active Directory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product for restoring an object, the computer program product comprising:
a computer usable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising; computer usable program code configured to receive a request to restore an object; computer usable program code configured to search for a tombstone associated with the object, wherein the tombstone is any deleted or undeleted file associated with the object to be restored; and computer usable program code configured to reanimate the object from the object tombstone when the object tombstone is found; computer usable program code configured to output a representation of available backup files; computer usable program code configured to receive a selection of at least one of the available backup files; computer usable program code configured to restore at least one of the selected backup files into a temporary location; computer usable program code configured to mount at least one of the restored backup files as a server; computer usable program code configured to output a representation of available objects from the server; computer usable program code configured to receive a selection of at least one of the available objects to be restored from the server; and computer usable program code configured to copy the at least one selected object from the server into an Active Directory. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product for restoring an object, the computer program product comprising:
a computer usable storage medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising; computer usable program code configured to receive a request to restore an object; computer usable program code configured to search for a tombstone associated with the object, computer usable program code configured to reanimate the object from the object tombstone when the object tombstone is found; computer usable program code configured to output a representation of available backup files when the object tombstone is not found or upon receiving a request to restore from backup; computer usable program code configured to receive a selection of at least one of the available backup files; computer usable program code configured to restore at least one of the selected backup files into a temporary location on a domain controller; computer usable program code configured to mount at least one of the restored backup files as a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) server; computer usable program code configured to output a representation of available objects from the LDAP server; computer usable program code configured to receive a selection of at least one of the available objects from the LDAP server to be restored; and computer usable program code configured to copy the at least one selected object from the LDAP server into an Active Directory.
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