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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2008
Ynn-pyng Tsaur, Oviedo, FL (US);
Russell R. Stringham, Orem, UT (US);
Suren Sethumadhavan, Lake Mary, FL (US);
Ynn-Pyng Tsaur, Oviedo, FL (US);
Russell R. Stringham, Orem, UT (US);
Suren Sethumadhavan, Lake Mary, FL (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing file-level restoration from a block-based backup file stored on a sequential storage device is described. In one embodiment, a method of processing a backup file to perform file-level restoration from a sequential storage device comprises generating extent information, wherein the extent information pertains to at least one file system object associated with a backup file, wherein the backup file is to be stored on a sequential storage device, wherein the backup file is block-based and processing a backup catalog, wherein the backup catalog indicates locations of various portions of the extent information and is used to restore a file system object.