1. A method of creating a virtual database system, the method comprising: configuring for presentation, one or more user interfaces for receiving a request for creating a virtual database, the one or more user interfaces configured to receive: information identifying a source database for the virtual database being created, information identifying a point in time associated with the source database, and information identifying a destination database server for accessing the virtual database being created, receiving, from the one or more user interfaces, information identifying the source database for providing data for storage in the virtual database being created; wherein the one or more user interfaces are configured to present a list of potential source databases to a user, and wherein receiving information identifying the source database comprises receiving a selection of the source database from the list of potential source databases presented via the one or more user interfaces; receiving, from the one or more user interfaces, information identifying the point in time, such that the source database comprises information stored prior to the point in time; receiving, from the one or more user interfaces, information identifying the destination database server for accessing the virtual database being created; wherein the one or more user interfaces are configured to present a list of potential destination database servers to a user, and wherein receiving information identifying the destination database server comprises receiving a selection of the destination database server from the list of potential destination database servers presented via the one or more user interfaces; and creating the virtual database on a storage system storing a plurality of point-in-time copies of the source database, the point-in-time copies comprising database blocks such that at least some of the database blocks are associated with multiple point-in-time copies of the source database and the virtual database shares database blocks with one or more other virtual databases.