System and a method for generating live vm images with an extended recovery range

A method, comprising:

• identifying a restore point ‘r’ that falls within a range of time spanned by a limited length (LL) IO journal;
• determining a relation of the restore point ‘r’ to a backup time ‘t’ of a VM backup image;
• when the restore point ‘r’ is later in time than the backup time ‘t,’ spinning up a VM by applying entries in the LL IO journal to the VM backup image in chronological order;
• and
• when the restore point ‘r’ is earlier in time than the backup time ‘t,’ reviewing each entry in the LL IO journal to determine whether or not the entry includes Undo data and when the entry includes Undo data, applying the Undo data to the VM backup image, and when the entry does not include Undo data, checking a next entry until all the entries in the LL IO journal have been checked, and then applying the entries in the LL IO journal to the VM backup image.