Method and apparatus for performing logical duplication of backup data in
a computer system including a host computer, a storage device storing
data for the host computer, and at least one computer-readable backup
storage medium storing backup data copied from the storage device, is
disclosed. In one embodiment, a method copies only a subset of the backup
data onto at least one computer-readable duplicate backup storage medium
as duplicate backup data so that the duplicate backup storage medium is
not an exact duplicate of the at least one backup storage medium. For
example, in one embodiment, in which the backup data includes a plurality
of work items, a subset of the work items are copied onto the at least
one duplicate backup storage medium. Method and apparatus for restoring
backup data of interest from duplicate backup storage media are also
disclosed.