Data restoration operations based on network path information

A system comprising:

• one or more non-transitory, computer-readable mediums storing computer-executable instructions thereon;
• and
• one or more hardware processors that, having executed the computer-executable instructions, configure the system to perform a plurality of operations comprising:
• generating network path information associated with a client computing device, wherein the network path information identifies the client computing device and a data path to a shared network file system (NFS) folder;
• receiving, from the client computing device, a first request that includes (i) a client command issued by an application that executes at the client computing device requesting access to primary data, wherein the primary data is stored on one or more primary storage devices associated with the client computing device, and (ii) an NFS mount request referencing the network path information;
• causing the client computing device to mount the shared NFS folder according to the network path information, wherein the shared NFS folder is accessible to a first computing device, which is distinct from the client computing device, and to the application that executes on the client computing device;
• and
• responsive to the first request:
• identifying secondary data, corresponding to the primary data, to be restored to the shared NFS folder, wherein:
• the secondary data comprises a copy of the primary data, and
• the secondary data is stored in a backup format different from a primary format of the primary data, and
• restoring the secondary data from the backup format to restored primary data in the primary format to the shared NFS folder, wherein the application obtains access to the restored primary data at the shared NFS folder first computing device and not at the one or more primary storage devices associated with the client computing device.

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more hardware processors, configures a system to perform a plurality of operations comprising:

• generating network path information associated with a client computing device, wherein the network path information identifies the client computing device and a data path to a shared network file system (NFS) directory;
• receiving, from the client computing device, a first request that includes (i) a client command issued by an application that executes on the client computing device requesting to access primary data, wherein the primary data is stored on one or more primary storage devices associated with the client computing device, and (ii) an NFS mount request referencing the network path information;
• mounting to the client computing device the shared NFS directory according to the network path information, wherein the shared NFS directory is accessible to a media agent associated with the client computing device and to the application that executes on the client computing device;
• in response to the first request, identifying, by the media agent, secondary data to be restored to the shared NFS directory, wherein:
• the secondary data comprises a copy of the primary data, and
• the secondary data is stored in a backup format different from a primary format of the primary data;
• and
• restoring the secondary data from the backup format to restored primary data in the primary format to the shared NFS directory, wherein the application obtains access to the restored primary data at the shared NFS directory and not at the one or more primary storage devices associated with the client computing device.