Abstract: A system for identifying and deleting records of hosts includes a local data manager. The local data manager identifies a discovery event associated with the host and a record type of record types, obtains, in response to identifying, all previously discovered records on the host associated with the record type from a host record repository, obtains discovered records associated with the record type and associated with the host, after obtaining all discovered records and previously discovered records, selects a previously discovered record of the previously discovered records, makes a determination that the previously discovered record does not match any discovered records of the discovered records and is not tagged with a soft delete tag or a hard delete tag, and in response to the determination, tags the previously discovered record with a soft delete tag, and notifies a data manager of modifications to the previously discovered records.

Abstract: A system for identifying and deleting records of hosts includes a local data manager. The local data manager identifies a discovery event associated with the host and a record type of record types, obtains, in response to identifying, all previously discovered records on the host associated with the record type, obtains discovered records associated with the record type and associated with the host, after obtaining all previously discovered records and discovered records: selects a first discovered record of the discovered records, makes a first determination that first discovered record is not included in the previously discovered records, in response to the first determination: updates a host record repository to include the first discovered record, and notifies a data manager of modified records.

Abstract: A method for backing up a storage volume that includes receiving, by a volume manager, a block allocation table of a cloned storage volume backup, selecting a modification entry that comprises a volume offset for modified file data, obtaining a backup offset for the cloned storage volume backup based on the block allocation table and the volume offset, updating, based on the backup offset, the block allocation table to obtain an updated block allocation table, and sending the modified file data and the updated block allocation table to a backup server.

Abstract: A method for managing data includes obtaining, by a backup agent, a migration request, wherein the migration request specifies a plurality of users, and in response to the migration request: identifying a set of source-format data sets in a backup storage system, mounting the set of source-format data sets from the backup storage system, performing data mining on the set of source-format data sets in response to the mounting to obtain a hierarchical structure, generating a cloud-based service user account for each user of the plurality of users, wherein the cloud-based service user accounts are associated with a cloud-based service, obtaining source-format data sets associated with each user of the plurality of users using the hierarchical structure, and initiating a migration of the source-format data sets to the cloud-based service.

Abstract: A method for backing up a storage volume that includes receiving, by a volume manager, a block allocation table of a cloned storage volume backup, selecting a modification entry that comprises a volume offset for modified file data, obtaining a backup offset for the cloned storage volume backup based on the block allocation table and the volume offset, updating, based on the backup offset, the block allocation table to obtain an updated block allocation table, and sending the modified file data and the updated block allocation table to a backup server.

Abstract: A method for managing data includes obtaining, by a backup agent, a migration request, wherein the migration request specifies a plurality of users, and in response to the migration request: identifying a set of source-format data sets in a backup storage system, mounting the set of source-format data sets from the backup storage system, performing data mining on the set of source-format data sets in response to the mounting to obtain a hierarchical structure, generating a cloud-based service user account for each user of the plurality of users, wherein the cloud-based service user accounts are associated with a cloud-based service, obtaining source-format data sets associated with each user of the plurality of users using the hierarchical structure, and initiating a migration of the source-format data sets to the cloud-based service.

Abstract: A method for performing a backup operation includes obtaining a restoration request, and in response to the restoration request: identifying a first set of backups, wherein each backup in the first set of backups is associated with requested data, mounting the first set of backups from the backup storage system, performing data mining on the first set of backups to obtain a hierarchical structure, providing a set of options to a client based on the hierarchical structure, obtaining a selection from the client, wherein the selection is a portion of the set of options, obtaining selected content based on the selection, wherein the selected content is in a source format, converting the selected content from a source format to a target format to obtain target formatted user-specified content, and initiating a transfer of the target-formatted user-specified content to a cloud-based service.

Abstract: A method for performing a backup operation includes obtaining a restoration request, and in response to the restoration request: identifying a first set of backups, wherein each backup in the first set of backups is associated with requested data, mounting the first set of backups from the backup storage system, performing data mining on the first set of backups to obtain a hierarchical structure, providing a set of options to a client based on the hierarchical structure, obtaining a selection from the client, wherein the selection is a portion of the set of options, obtaining selected content based on the selection, wherein the selected content is in a source format, converting the selected content from a source format to a target format to obtain target formatted user-specified content, and initiating a transfer of the target-formatted user-specified content to a cloud-based service.

Abstract: A production host for hosting a multi-instanced application includes a persistent storage and a resource manager. The persistent storage stores a resource registration associated with a plurality of instances of the multi-instanced application and a resource backup registration associated with backups, of the multi-instance application, that are stored in backup storage.

Abstract: A production host for hosting a multi-instanced application includes a persistent storage and a resource manager. The persistent storage stores a resource registration associated with a plurality of instances of the multi-instanced application and a resource backup registration associated with backups, of the multi-instance application, that are stored in backup storage.