diff --git a/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/Backup.php b/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/Backup.php
index c42cef954..c46424205 100755
--- a/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/Backup.php
+++ b/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/Backup.php
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ class Backup {
             # save the metafile to tmpdir
             $hostname = trim(`hostname`);
             $ctime      = time();
+            $ctime_f    = date("Ymd-H:i:s");
             file_put_contents("{$this->tmpDirMeta}/storage.xml",
                 "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" ?>\n".
                 "<storage\n".
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ class Backup {
                 " version=\"1.0\"\n".
                 " ctime=\"$ctime\"\n".
                 " hostname=\"$hostname\"\n".
-                "/>\n"
+                "/><!-- $ctime_f -->\n"
             );
     
             # copy all file to tmpdir
@@ -403,5 +404,4 @@ class Backup {
         return true;
     }
 }
-?>
-
+?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/LocStor.php b/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/LocStor.php
index 972bc9059..b441896c5 100644
--- a/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/LocStor.php
+++ b/livesupport/src/modules/storageServer/var/LocStor.php
@@ -362,6 +362,13 @@ class LocStor extends BasicStor{
         }
         return $res;
     }
+    function localSearch($criteria, $sessid='')
+    {
+        $limit  = intval(isset($criteria['limit']) ? $criteria['limit'] : 0);
+        $offset = intval(isset($criteria['offset']) ? $criteria['offset'] : 0);
+        return $this->bsLocalSearch($criteria, $limit, $offset);
+    }
+
 
     /**
      *  Return values of specified metadata category
@@ -942,6 +949,12 @@ class LocStor extends BasicStor{
         require_once "Backup.php";
         $bu = $r = new Backup($this);
         if (PEAR::isError($r)) return $r;
+        $r = $bu->openBackup($sessid,$criteria);
+        if ($r === FALSE){
+            return PEAR::raiseError(
+                "LocStor::createBackupOpen: false returned from Backup"
+            );
+        }
         return $bu->openBackup($sessid,$criteria);
     }