Packing deduplicated data in a self-contained deduplicated repository

A system for storing deduplicated data in a computing environment, the system comprising:

• a processor device operable in the computing storage environment, wherein the processor device:
• packs deduplicated data in a self-contained deduplicated repository having a plurality of unique data blocks with each being referenced by a globally unique identifier (GUID), and the self-contained deduplicated repository also having information regarding both deduplicated data files and the plurality of unique data blocks of each of the deduplicated data files and a master GUID list containing a location of each of the plurality of unique data blocks.

A computer program product storing deduplicated data by a processor device, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

• a first executable portion that packs deduplicated data in a self-contained deduplicated repository having a plurality of unique data blocks with each being referenced by a globally unique identifier (GUID), and the self-contained deduplicated repository also having information regarding both deduplicated data files and the plurality of unique data blocks of each of the deduplicated data files and a master GUID list containing a location of each of the plurality of unique data blocks.