The answer to this question is no. The only existing way of verifying the
data within the dump is to restore it and compare the restored data to the
actual disk contents.
Kihonge JN
> To: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Verifying XFS dumps
> From: Florian Weimer <Weimer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 23:56:44 +0100
>
> Is it possible to verify dumps created with xfsdump by comparing it to
> the actual disk contents?
> Generating MD5/SHA-1 hashes for files in the dump is sufficient, and
> you may assume that there aren't any files with holes. ;-)
>
> Thanks,
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