A method and system for creating a series of online snapshots for recovery
purposes. A series of concurrent, overlapping snapshots (e.g., file
snapshots or database file snapshots) may be created over a user-specified
time interval at a user-specified frequency. Monitoring for a recovery
indication may occur during the user-specified time interval. Once it is
established that a "recovery" is necessary, a snapback procedure may be
implemented to iteratively restore one or more pre-update snapshot images.
Between restore iterations, testing to determine if the problem still
exists may occur. When the testing of the data results in a determination
that the problem is resolved, no further restores are necessary.
