Symantec Operating Corporation

Symantec Operations Corporation

Atul Avinash Nene

Mukul Kumar

Anand Gopinath Das

Ajit Vishnu Dhumale

John Richard Swift

Shyam Prakash Velupula

Various methods and systems for using email to convey backup and restore data are disclosed. One method involves: receiving a request to perform a backup system operation; generating an email that includes data and metadata (which is associated with the data); and sending the email to an email address associated with a backup system component. The request can be a backup request, in which case the data includes data to be backed up, and the backup system component is a backup server. Alternatively, the request can be receiving a restore request. In this scenario, the data includes data to be restored, and the backup system component is a backup client.

System and method for conveying backup and restore data via email

Various methods and systems for implementing agents that facilitate end user searches of a backup catalog via a desktop search tool are disclosed. One method involves: receiving a search request from a desktop search tool, which is configured for use by an end user of a backup system; searching a backup catalog, maintained by the backup system, in response to the search request; and providing a result of searching the backup catalog to the desktop search tool.

Backup search agents for use with desktop search tools

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Pune, India

Atul Avinash Nene