Symantec Corporation

Veritas Technologies LLC

Mukesh Kumar Sharma

Amrish Shah

Various systems and methods for restoring data using indexes. For example, one method involves receiving a request that includes a restore criterion. The method involves identifying a storage object in a backup storage device that meets the restore criterion, in response to the request. Detecting the identity of the storage object involves sending a query with the restore criterion to a client computing device that includes an index. The method also involves responding to the request with information identifying the storage object.

Optimized index usage for data restore

A method for effectively removing access to individual files on magnetic tape media may include: 1) encrypting a file, 2) storing the encrypted file on a tape medium, 3) storing a cryptographic key for accessing the encrypted file within a cryptographic key block located at the end of the tape medium, and then, at a subsequent point in time, 4) removing access to the encrypted file by deleting the cryptographic key for the encrypted file from the cryptographic key block located at the end of the tape medium. Corresponding systems and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

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Mukesh Kumar Sharma