Abstract: A method, computer program product, and data management appliance for scheduling mountable point-in-time views of a storage volume is disclosed. A device external to the data processing system requests indentification information regarding available virtual views made of at least one primary storage device. The identification information is received from the device. The virtual views are incorporated into native filesystem associated with the data processing system. The identification information includes an alphanumeric name, creation date and time information, filesystem type, and access privileges.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and data management appliance for scheduling mountable point-in-time views of a storage volume is disclosed. A web-based administrative interface is provided for entering rules defining a scheduling policy under which point-in-time views are to be created and published among a network of computers. Publication of a single point-in-time view may be scheduled or a series of recurring point-in-time views may be scheduled. A naming scheme may be employed to create distinguishable recurring point-in-time views that are mounted as storage volumes or directories in a file system.