Generic granular restore of application data from a volume image backup

摘要

A system and method for generically performing a granular restore operation from a volume image backup. A volume image backup may be booted into a virtual environment. Input may be received selecting one or more application objects of an application on the volume image backup for restore. The selected application object(s) may be retrieved from the volume image backup by a first backup system agent on the volume image backup. The selected application object(s) may be sent from the first backup system agent to a second backup system agent on a restore target. The selected application object(s) may be restored on the restore target by the second backup system agent.