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<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="summary"><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p>A detailed explanation of what the verify backups option does when creating a job</p> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p>What is the verify backup option when creating a backup job? </p> <h2 data-id="resolution"><strong>RESOLUTION</strong></h2> <p>Inline Backup Verification is a method to ensure data sent during backup has been properly received.<br><br>The verify backup option is a checksum calculation that runs on the source client sending us the data. The target appliance is equally calculating a checksum of received data. . <br><br>Both of these are compared at job end in the backup summary, and if they do not match, the job is failed. <br><br>In a local LAN, it is extremely rare for a block to both successfully be received by a NIC, and also be corrupt, but, for those rare potential cases, this would catch that condition. </p> </article> </main>