Chapter 5. Backup Validation

You can validate your backup after creation with some simple Checks.

Table 5.1. Available checks:

TypeDescription
SizeMinChecks if the backups is at least as big as the configured size.
SizeDiffPreviousPercentChecks if your backup doesn't differ more then a configured value from the previous backup.


Minimal size

Example 5.1: SizeMin XML example

<!-- check min size -->
<check type="SizeMin" value="30M"/>


Example 5.2: SizeMin JSON example

{"type": "SizeMin", "value": "30M"}


Compare to previous Backups

Example 5.3: SizeDiffPreviousPercent XML example

<!-- check size against previous backups -->
<check type="SizeDiffPreviousPercent" value="10"/>


Example 5.4: SizeDiffPreviousPercent JSON example

{"type": "SizeDiffPreviousPercent", "value": "10"}


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