RECOVERING INFECTED SNAPSHOTS IN A SNAPSHOT CHAIN

Abstract: subject matter related to data management is disclosed. a most recent snapshot in a snapshot chain that is not infected by malware may be identified based on mounting snapshots in the snapshot chain and determining whether the snapshots are infected. a selection of an infected snapshot may be received, where the infected snapshot may be more recent than the identified most recent snapshot. the selected infected snapshot may be mounted. based on mounting the infected snapshot, a determination of which content in the selected snapshot are not infected may be made. based on determining which content in the selected snapshot is not infected, at least one of the non-infected content may be recovered.

Inventor(s): Adam Gee, Surendar Chandra, Gregory Robert Johnston, Ishaan Sang

CPC Classification: G06F21/565 ({by checking file integrity})

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