Item-Level Restoration and Verification of Image Level Backups

A method for verifying an image level backup, comprising:

• receiving a selection of at least one data object from an image level backup to verify, wherein the at least one data object is associated with an application;
• partially translating the image level backup file without fully extracting contents of the image level backup to extract the at least one data object to provide contents of the at least one data object to a hypervisor;
• determining if an operating system (OS) of at least one test virtual machine (VM) has booted successfully;
• and
• executing tests using the selected data object and its associated application in response to determining that the OS has booted successfully.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, in response to being executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for verifying an image level backup, the operations comprising:

• receiving a selection of at least one data object from an image level backup to verify, wherein the at least one data object is associated with an application;
• partially translating the image level backup without fully extracting contents of the image level backup to extract the at least one data object and providing contents of the at least one data object to a hypervisor;
• determining if an operating system (OS) of at least one test virtual machine (VM) has booted successfully;
• and
• executing tests using the selected data object and its associated application in response to determining that the OS has booted successfully.

A system for item-level restoration, the system comprising:

• an operator console having a user interface;
• at least one restored virtual machine (VM) launched on a hypervisor;
• an image level backup file storage storing a partially translated image level backup file having at least one application item extracted to represent to the hypervisor in a native format;
• and
• an application item-level restore module connected to the hypervisor and accessible by the operator console, wherein item restoration parameters are provided through the operator console user interface and corresponding application items are fetched and stored.

A method for item-level restoration, the method comprising:

• receiving restore parameters wherein the restore parameters include at least a restore location;
• accessing an image level backup;
• creating a restored VM (virtual machine) on a hypervisor;
• configuring and launching the restored VM;
• configuring restore logic;
• providing the restore parameters to the restore logic;
• and
• restoring items defined by the restore parameters and saving the items into the restore location.