Exporting a database from a foreign database recovery environment

A method comprising:

• receiving a database from a source host operating in a native database recovery environment, the database being received at a backup host operating in a foreign database recovery environment and utilizing foreign snapshot files and foreign incremental files for restoring the database, the receiving the database being performed by at least one processor;
• receiving export information at the backup host, the export information including a target host and a point-in-time and a database name identifying the database for export from the backup host to the target host, the target host operating in the native database recovery environment;
• initiating a job, on the backup host, responsive to receiving the export information, the job executing to cause the at least one processor to perform operations further comprising:
• generating script information based on the export information, the script information including scripts including logic to facilitate the export of the database from the backup host to the target host;
• creating one or more directories based on the export information;
• materializing file information including snapshots of the database and incremental changes to the database, the file information to facilitate export of the database from the backup host to the target host;
• and
• communicating the file information and the script information, via the directories and over a network, to the target host, the directories enabling the target host to recover the database in the native database recovery environment based on the file information recovered from the foreign database recovery environment.

A machine-storage medium and storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes a machine to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a database from a source host operating in a native database recovery environment, the database being received at a backup host operating in a foreign database recovery environment and utilizing foreign snapshot files and foreign incremental files for restoring the database, the receiving the database being performed by at least one processor;
• receiving export information at the backup host, the export information including a target host and a point-in-time and a database name identifying the database for export from the backup host to the target host, the target host operating in the native database recovery environment;
• initiating a job, on the backup host, responsive to receiving the export information, the job executing to cause the at least one processor to perform operations further comprising:
• generating script information based on the export information, the script information including scripts including logic to facilitate the export of the database from the backup host to the target host;
• creating one or more directories based on the export information;
• materializing file information including snapshots of the database and incremental changes to the database, the file information to facilitate export of the database from the backup host to the target host;
• and
• communicating the file information and the script information, via the directories and over a network, to the target host, the directories enabling the target host to recover the database in the native database recovery environment based on the file information on the file information recovered from the foreign database recovery environment.