Managing data with backup server indexing

A system for performing, at a backup server in a computerized environment in which the backup server backs up data at one or more production servers, a method of providing efficient access to backup data at least in part through indexing data the backup data at the backup server, the system comprising one or more computer processors and one or more computer-readable storage devices having stored thereon computer executable code which, when executed upon the one or more processors, performs the acts of:

• creating one or more indexes of backup data received at a backup server from one or more production servers, the one or more created indexes identifying one or more data properties for the received backup data;
• receiving one or more requests from one or more management agents for at least a portion of the backup data received at the backup server, the one or more requests including any of the one or more data properties;
• scanning the one or more created indexes for the requested data properties;
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• sending one or more responses to the one or more management agents.