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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2011
Prabhu Damodharan, Shoreview, MN (US);
Joseph Milton Gilpin, Blain, MN (US);
Robert Meierhofer, Woodbury, MN (US);
Lowell Palecek, White Bear, MN (US);
Curtis Peterson, Blaine, MN (US);
Matthew Reker, Blaine, MN (US);
Larry Schiefelbein, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Hermeher Sekhon, Blaine, MN (US);
Robert Wilde, St. Michael, MN (US);
Martin Annoni, White Bear Township, MN (US);
Prabhu Damodharan, Shoreview, MN (US);
Joseph Milton Gilpin, Blain, MN (US);
Robert Meierhofer, Woodbury, MN (US);
Lowell Palecek, White Bear, MN (US);
Curtis Peterson, Blaine, MN (US);
Matthew Reker, Blaine, MN (US);
Larry Schiefelbein, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Hermeher Sekhon, Blaine, MN (US);
Robert Wilde, St. Michael, MN (US);
Martin Annoni, White Bear Township, MN (US);
Veritas Technologies, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for restoring application data may include (1) identifying a virtual disk image used by a virtual machine to represent a volume of data within the virtual machine used for storage by an application within the virtual machine, (2) identifying a request to back up the virtual disk image, and, in response to the request, (3) identifying, within the volume of data, at least one file including application data used by the application, (4) generating application metadata and a catalog associating a logical view of the application data with the file, the logical view being based on application logic of the application, (5) backing up the virtual disk image, and (6) associating the catalog with the backed up virtual disk image. Various other methods and systems are also disclosed.