Data recovery operations, such as recovery from modified network data management protocol data

A system for

• one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions stored thereon;
• and,
• one or more processors that, having executed the computer-executable instructions, configure a system to perform a plurality of operations comprising:
• automatically discovering a plurality of applications executable within a virtual machine;
• for each discovered application, injecting a data agent into the virtual machine that corresponds to the discovered application, wherein the injected data agent is configured to perform an application-specific backup job for the corresponding application;
• instructing each data agent injected into the virtual machine to perform an application-specific backup job, wherein the application-specific backup job comprises creating a snapshot copy of the corresponding application;
• and,
• creating a backup copy of the virtual machine by associating each snapshot copy of each discovered application with the backup copy of the virtual machine.

A method for performing a data storage operation on a virtual machine, the method comprising:

• automatically discovering a plurality of applications executable within a virtual machine;
• for each discovered application, injecting a data agent into the virtual machine that corresponds to the discovered application, wherein the injected data agent is configured to perform an application-specific backup job for the corresponding application;
• instructing each data agent injected into the virtual machine to perform an application-specific backup job, wherein the application-specific backup job comprises creating a snapshot copy of the corresponding application;
• and,
• creating a backup copy of the virtual machine by associating each snapshot copy of each discovered application with the backup copy of the virtual machine.

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a system to perform a plurality of operations for performing a data storage operation on a virtual machine, the plurality of operations comprising:

• automatically discovering a plurality of applications executable within a virtual machine;
• for each discovered application, injecting a data agent into the virtual machine that corresponds to the discovered application, wherein the injected data agent is configured to perform an application-specific backup job for the corresponding application;
• instructing each data agent injected into the virtual machine to perform an application-specific backup job, wherein the application-specific backup job comprises creating a snapshot copy of the corresponding application;
• and,
• creating a backup copy of the virtual machine by associating each snapshot copy of each discovered application with the backup copy of the virtual machine.