Emc Corporation

Dell Products Inc.

Emc IP Holding Company LLC

Chris E Rowen

Peter A Spooner

Stephen Dowd

Donald Mace

Shawn Duarte

Kevin Derhak

Jehuda Shemer

Adam E Brenner

Steven Sadhwani

One example method includes receiving a request to restore a backed up dataset, checking a tracking catalogue to identify any content of the dataset that is prohibited from being restored, preventing restoration of the content, and restoring all of the dataset, except the content, to a restore target. The prohibited content may be one or more files, or portions of files, and may include malware, confidential information, and personal information.

Just in time removal of corrupted info and files from backups on restore

Providing content based data protection for data stored in a large-scale data storage system by scanning data stored in one or more databases for discovery of metadata, and extracting the discovered metadata, for storage in a data catalog, the data catalog having a scanning function performing the scanning step, and comprising a database storing the metadata in one or more tables. A protection policy is defined to commonly protect content data referenced by metadata in the data catalog, and applied to the referenced content data to perform a data protection operation the content data. Datasets stored in the catalog are generated by running queries on the catalog, where a query comprises metadata selectors as tags applied to the catalog, where the tags define at least one of a file type, name, location, creation time, or file characteristic.

Data catalog for dataset lifecycle management system for content-based data protection

Providing content based data protection for data stored in a large-scale data storage system by creating a dataset by grouping metadata for unstructured data objects that are grouped together by one or more filters. The dataset can span multiple storage devices of different types, so that it defines a single data protection unit for the corresponding content data. A user initiated query input through a search engine interface generates the one or more filters, and a protection policy is defined that protects the dataset as the single unit based on data content rather than data location. Datasets are stored in a catalog, and are generated by running queries on the catalog, where a query comprises metadata selectors as tags applied to the catalog, where the tags define at least one of a file type, name, location, creation time, or file characteristic.

Data query processing system for content-based data protection and dataset lifecycle management

An email archive system and associated techniques are described. Archived emails may be stored locally on a user's client computer in a local archive store. The email archive system and associated techniques may interact with an email message system and an email client application.

Email content pre-caching to a local archive store

A method and apparatus for creating a catalog for use with at least one computer system that manages a plurality of email messages. The catalog provides an index into the plurality of email messages, and comprises a plurality of display identifiers that each identifies an entity. The catalog correlates at least some of the plurality of display identifiers to corresponding email addresses. The method comprises creating the catalog to include a user interface that enables the display identifiers to be displayed to a user and that enables the catalog to be searched based upon at least some information other than the display identifiers.

Method and apparatus for searching messaging identities

A method and apparatus for creating a catalog for use with at least one computer system that manages a plurality of email messages. The catalog provides an index into the plurality of email messages, and comprises a plurality of identifiers that each identifies an entity. The catalog also correlates at least some of the plurality of identifiers to corresponding email addresses. The method for creating a catalog comprises creating the catalog to include information defining a temporal interval during which at least one email address corresponds to a first entity.

Method and apparatus for defining messaging identities

Display of archived email content in a preview pane

A method and apparatus for use in a computer system comprising an email system that generates and receives email messages. The email system manages a first plurality of email messages comprising at least some of the email messages generated and received by the email system. The email system also has a global address catalog that comprises information and provides an index into the first plurality of email messages. The computer system further comprises an extension system that interfaces with the email system and manages a second plurality of email messages comprising at least some of the email messages generated and received by the email system. The method comprises creating an extender catalog, for indexing into the second plurality of email messages, that comprises at least some information that is different than the information in the global address catalog.

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Bedford, NH, United States of America

Chris E Rowen