1. A method comprising: identifying which image creation technique of a plurality of image creation techniques was used to create at least a portion of a point-in-time image of a database; creating a logical copy of said point-in-time image of said database using said image creation technique, in response to said identifying said image creation technique of said plurality of image creation techniques; causing said logical copy to be stored; and presenting said logical copy of said point-in-time image of said database as a proxy for said database.