CPC G06F 3/065 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0683 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
1. A method of creating a modified representation of backup copy data on restore or read, comprising:
copying data comprising files stored in one or more primary storage devices in a primary storage system in accordance with a given schema to one or more backup storage devices in a backup storage system to create a backup copy comprising backup files;
in response to receipt of a request to modify content of a specified type with respect to a given entity, configuring a modification repository with a rule for modifying the content of the specified type;
with a modification component executing on computer hardware subsequent to the request, accessing the modification repository to identify one or more of the backup files associated with the entity and one or more rules for modifying restored copies of the one or more identified backup files;
automatically identifying, using the schema, one or more data fields of the specified type in the one or more identified backup files;
creating a restored copy of one or more of the identified backup files from the backup copy stored in the one or more backup storage devices in the backup storage system while modifying the content in the identified data fields of the restored copy according to the rule for modifying the content without modifying the backup copy;
transmitting the restored copy to the one or more primary storage devices; and
storing the modified content of the restored copy in the primary storage system in place of the one or more of the identified backup files without making changes to the backup copy in the backup storage system.
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