Commvault Systems, Inc.
BROWSING DATA STORED IN A BACKUP FORMAT

Abstract:

The disclosed techniques enable browsing of data items that are stored in a backup storage system in a backup format. A search query from a user is received where the search query is for a data item stored in a data storage system, such as a tape drive, a disk array, or a cloud-based storage system. The system may use an index to look up a location of the data item and data format of the data item. To present the data to the user, the system may perform a restoration operation to convert the data format to a format that can be presented to the user.