diff --git a/Startup.cs b/Startup.cs
index 2657188..700a98e 100644
--- a/Startup.cs
+++ b/Startup.cs
@@ -108,14 +108,14 @@ namespace rockfishCore
             RfSchema.CheckAndUpdate(dbContext);
 
             //bool bMM=RfMail.MailIsMirroringProperly();
-            try
-            {
-                var test = OpsDiagnostics.CheckSpacesBackupStorage();
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-                string res = ex.Message;
-            }
+            // try
+            // {
+            //     var test = OpsDiagnostics.VerifyBackups();
+            // }
+            // catch (Exception ex)
+            // {
+            //     string res = ex.Message;
+            // }
 
         }//eof
     }
diff --git a/util/OpsDiagnostics.cs b/util/OpsDiagnostics.cs
index 4f9f85b..b425e00 100644
--- a/util/OpsDiagnostics.cs
+++ b/util/OpsDiagnostics.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ namespace rockfishCore.Util
 {
     public static class OpsDiagnostics
     {
+        private const int S3_EXPECTED_FILE_COUNT=24;
+        public static readonly string[] S3_EXPECTED_BACKUP_FILE_PREFIXES = 
+        { "biz-docker-website-backup-", "biz-letsencryptbackup-", "biz-pecklist-db-backup-", "biz-rockfish-db-backup-",
+        "devops-docker-le-config-backup-","forum-backup-", "mail-svn-repo-backup-" };
+        private const string S3_SECRET_KEY = "iNwbHr+sK+9is2wmRjIax+rdyEjLNvWKJBYr7w4txkY";
+        private const string S3_ACCESS_KEY = "CMPAFDNX53OWPC55HBJ4";
+        private const string S3_HOST_ENDPOINT = "https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com";
+
         private static HttpClient Client = new HttpClient();
 
 
@@ -31,31 +39,41 @@ namespace rockfishCore.Util
         }
 
 
-        public static bool CheckSpacesBackupStorage()
+        public static List<string> GetFileListFromSpacesBackupStorage()
         {
 
-            var SECRET_KEY = "iNwbHr+sK+9is2wmRjIax+rdyEjLNvWKJBYr7w4txkY";
-            var ACCESS_KEY = "CMPAFDNX53OWPC55HBJ4";
-            var HOST_ENDPOINT = "https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com";
-            var BUCKET = "%(bucket)s.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com";
-            AmazonS3Config clientConfig=new AmazonS3Config();
-            clientConfig.ServiceURL=HOST_ENDPOINT;
-            IAmazonS3 s3Client = new AmazonS3Client(ACCESS_KEY, SECRET_KEY, clientConfig);
-            var bucketlist=s3Client.ListBucketsAsync().Result;
-
-//             IAmazonS3 amazonS3Client = new 
-//    AWSClientFactory.CreateAmazonS3Client("your-spaces-key", "your-spaces-key-secrete",
-//    new AmazonS3Config
-//    {
-//        ServiceURL = "https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com"
-//    }
-// );
-//             var myBuckets = amazonS3Client.ListBuckets();
-
-            return false;
-
+            AmazonS3Config clientConfig = new AmazonS3Config();
+            clientConfig.ServiceURL = S3_HOST_ENDPOINT;
+            IAmazonS3 s3Client = new AmazonS3Client(S3_ACCESS_KEY, S3_SECRET_KEY, clientConfig);
+            var objectList = s3Client.ListObjectsAsync("gztw1").Result;
+            var fileList = objectList.S3Objects.Select(c => c.Key).ToList();
+            return fileList;
         }
 
+        public static bool VerifyBackups()
+        {
+            bool ret=false;
+            var SpacesFileNames = GetFileListFromSpacesBackupStorage();
+            if (SpacesFileNames.Count != S3_EXPECTED_FILE_COUNT) return ret;
+            //get yesterday's date in the same format as the backup creates
+            var ExpectedBackupDateString=DateTime.Today.AddDays(-1).ToString("yyMMdd");
+            int foundMatches=0;
+            foreach(string ExpectedFileName in S3_EXPECTED_BACKUP_FILE_PREFIXES){
+                foreach(string FileName in SpacesFileNames){
+                    if(FileName.StartsWith(ExpectedFileName+ExpectedBackupDateString)){
+                        foundMatches++;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if(foundMatches==S3_EXPECTED_BACKUP_FILE_PREFIXES.Length){
+                ret=true;
+            }
+
+            return ret;
+
+        }