Partial restore from tape backup

A system, comprising:

• a communication interface;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the communication interface and configured to:
• create view information corresponding to a set of one or more physical components, the view information being created during a backup process;
• configure an application plugin used to create a backup, wherein the application plugin is associated with an application, the application plugin is configured according to one or more of a type or format of information used in the application with which the application plugin is associated, and the view information corresponding to the set of the one or more physical components is included in the backup corresponding to the set of the one or more physical components;
• determine that the set of the one or more physical components are to be obtained from the backup to restore a first component, wherein the set of one or more physical components is determined based at least in part on the view information corresponding to the set of one or more physical components and that is associated with the set of one or more physical components;
• obtain the determined set of one or more physical components from the backup;
• and
• restore the first component based at least in part on the obtained set of one or more physical components.

A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

• creating, by one or more processors, view information corresponding to a set of one or more physical components, the view information being created during a backup process;
• configuring, by one or more processors, an application plugin used to create a backup, wherein the application plugin is associated with an application the application plugin is configured according to one or more of a type or format of information used in the application with which the application plugin is associated, and the view information corresponding to the set of the one or more physical components is included in the backup corresponding to the set of the one or more physical components;
• determining, by one or more processors, that the set of the one or more physical components are to be obtained from the backup to restore a first component, wherein the set of one or more physical components is determined based at least in part on the view information corresponding to the set of one or more physical components and that is associated with the set of one or more physical components;
• obtaining, by one or more processors, the determined set of one or more physical components from the backup;
• and
• restoring, by one or more processors, the first component based at least in part on the obtained set of one or more physical components.