Backup Bouncer: Version 0.2.0 http://www.n8gray.org/blog/2007/04/27/introducing-backup-bouncer/ Test Date: Dec 13, 2010 Software: CrashPlan 3.0, backing up to another folder Hardware: MacBook Pro OS: Mac OS X 10.6.5 Test procedure: 1. Download backup-bouncer 0.2.0 2. sudo ./bbouncer create-vol Src 3. sudo ./bbouncer create /Volumes/Src 4. backup /Volumes/Src using CrashPlan 5. restore to /tmp/Src using CrashPlan 6. sudo ./bbouncer verify /Volumes/Src /tmp/Src Results: Verifying: basic-permissions ... ok (Critical) Verifying: timestamps ... ok (Critical) Verifying: symlinks ... ok (Critical) Verifying: symlink-ownership ... ok Verifying: hardlinks ... ok (Important) Verifying: resource-forks ... Sub-test: on files ... ok (Critical) Sub-test: on hardlinked files ... ok (Important) Verifying: finder-flags ... ok (Critical) Verifying: finder-locks ... ok Verifying: creation-date ... ok Verifying: bsd-flags ... ok Verifying: extended-attrs ... Sub-test: on files ... ok (Important) Sub-test: on directories ... ok (Important) Sub-test: on symlinks ... FAIL Verifying: access-control-lists ... Sub-test: on files ... ok (Important) Sub-test: on dirs ... ok (Important) Verifying: fifo ... ok Verifying: devices ... ok Verifying: combo-tests ... Sub-test: xattrs + rsrc forks ... ok Sub-test: lots of metadata ... ok -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- previous test result: Backup Bouncer: Version 0.2.0 http://www.n8gray.org/blog/2007/04/27/introducing-backup-bouncer/ Test Date: Feb 14, 2010 Software: CrashPlan 11.5.2009, backing up to CrashPlan Central Hardware: MacBook Pro OS: Mac OS X 10.6.2 Verifying: basic-permissions ... ok (Critical) Verifying: timestamps ... ok (Critical) Verifying: symlinks ... ok (Critical) Verifying: symlink-ownership ... FAIL Verifying: hardlinks ... FAIL (Important) Verifying: resource-forks ... Sub-test: on files ... ok (Critical) Sub-test: on hardlinked files ... FAIL (Important) Verifying: finder-flags ... FAIL (Critical) Verifying: finder-locks ... ok Verifying: creation-date ... ok Verifying: bsd-flags ... FAIL Verifying: extended-attrs ... Sub-test: on files ... FAIL (Important) Sub-test: on directories ... FAIL (Important) Sub-test: on symlinks ... FAIL Verifying: access-control-lists ... Sub-test: on files ... ok (Important) Sub-test: on dirs ... ok (Important) Verifying: fifo ... FAIL Verifying: devices ... FAIL Verifying: combo-tests ... Sub-test: xattrs + rsrc forks ... FAIL Sub-test: lots of metadata ... FAIL CONTACT: If you are the author of CrashPlan and believe these results are in error, please contact us at support@haystacksoftware.com and we will update this document. There's analysis of the result here: http://www.haystacksoftware.com/blog/2010/06/crashplan-restore-analysis/