Overview
Backup verification checks the entire contents of backup files against MD5 message digests (Hashes) created from the source data when the backup was created. Performing a verification ensures that the data contained in the backup is exactly the same as the data that was read from the source disk.
The 'Verification' page can be found under the 'Logs & Verification' menu in the SiteBackup.
Verifying Backups
To verify a backup, select 'Add Files', then select 'Backup Images'.
On the 'Select Computer' page of the wizard, select the SiteBackup Agent that the backup, that will be verified, belongs to.
The 'Select Files' page of the wizard will then display backups of the selected computer. Select the backup file(s) that will be verified, multiple backups can be selected. If multiple backup files are selected, the verification will start for one of the backups, the other backups will be queued and verification will start when the in-progress verification has completed.
The progress of the verification can then be viewed:
The result of the backup verification is displayed in the 'Status' column next to each backup:
If the status is 'This file has been successfully verified', then the data is exactly the same as the data that was read from the source computer.
If the verification fails, this article can help in troubleshooting the error further.