diff --git a/commands/backup_test.go b/commands/backup_test.go
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+/*
+ * Portions copyright 2019-present Open Networking Foundation
+ * Original copyright 2019-present Ciena Corporation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"github.com/opencord/cordctl/testutils"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestBackupCreate(t *testing.T) {
+	// use `python -m json.tool` to pretty-print json
+	expected := `[
+		{
+			"bytes": 6,
+			"checksum": "sha256:e9c0f8b575cbfcb42ab3b78ecc87efa3b011d9a5d10b09fa4e96f240bf6a82f5",
+			"chunks": 2,
+			"status": "SUCCESS"
+		}
+	]`
+
+	got := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	OutputStream = got
+
+	var options BackupOpts
+	options.Create.OutputAs = "json"
+	options.Create.Args.LocalFileName = "/tmp/transfer.down"
+	options.Create.ChunkSize = 3
+	err := options.Create.Execute([]string{})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("%s: Received error %v", t.Name(), err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	testutils.AssertJSONEqual(t, got.String(), expected)
+}
+
+// Mock the CreateURI function in the Restore code to use file:///tmp/transfer.up
+func CreateURI() (string, string) {
+	remote_name := "transfer.up"
+	uri := "file:///tmp/" + remote_name
+	return remote_name, uri
+}
+
+func TestBackupRestore(t *testing.T) {
+	// use `python -m json.tool` to pretty-print json
+	expected := `[
+		{
+			"bytes": 6,
+			"checksum": "sha256:e9c0f8b575cbfcb42ab3b78ecc87efa3b011d9a5d10b09fa4e96f240bf6a82f5",
+			"chunks": 2,
+			"status": "SUCCESS"
+		}
+	]`
+
+	err := ioutil.WriteFile("/tmp/transfer.up", []byte("ABCDEF"), 0644)
+
+	got := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	OutputStream = got
+
+	var options BackupRestore
+	options.OutputAs = "json"
+	options.Args.LocalFileName = "/tmp/transfer.up"
+	options.ChunkSize = 3
+	options.CreateURIFunc = CreateURI
+	err = options.Execute([]string{})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("%s: Received error %v", t.Name(), err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	testutils.AssertJSONEqual(t, got.String(), expected)
+}