1. A method for performing data management operations, the method comprising: storing in a first log, file information about data operations occurring at a first time to first data stored on one or more first storage devices; copying at least a portion of the first log file to a second log file; processing the second log file to create replicated data of the first data on one or more second storage devices; generating a backup copy of the replicated data at a second time after the second log file has been copied to the one or more second storage devices; and associating the backup copy of the replicated data with the first data stored on the one or more first storage devices wherein after the associating, the backup copy of the replicated data appears to be a backup of the first data existing at the first time on the one or more first storage devices.