diff --git a/mdmxen/bin/mdmxenctrl.sh b/mdmxen/bin/mdmxenctrl.sh
index 897ccc3..f6e8c0a 100755
--- a/mdmxen/bin/mdmxenctrl.sh
+++ b/mdmxen/bin/mdmxenctrl.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-#!/bin/bash -x
+#!/bin/bash
 # mdmxen project - helper for configuration
 # author mikedmorto 2024 year
 VERSION="0.0.1-dev"
 XE="/opt/xensource/bin/xe"
 
+# path to mdmxen cfg backup system
+VMSCFG="/root/bin/mdmxen/etc/vms.cfg"
+
 ##### PARAMETERS#####
 METRIC="$1"
 ITEM="$2"
@@ -64,6 +67,18 @@ fn.xen.vm.list.autostart.get(){
 
 }
 
+fn.xen.vm.list.backup.get(){
+        XVM_LIST=`${XE} vm-list is-control-domain=false is-a-snapshot=false params=uuid | egrep -o "[a-f0-9]{8}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{4}-[a-f0-9]{12}"`
+
+        for VM_UUID in ${XVM_LIST}; do
+                VM_NAME=$( fn.xen.vm.get_vmname_by_uuid ${VM_UUID} )
+                #RET=`${XE} vm-param-get param-name=other-config param-key=auto_poweron uuid=${VM_UUID}`
+                RET=`cat ${VMSCFG} | awk -F: '/^[^#]/ { print $1 }' | awk -v UUID="${VM_UUID}" '{ if($2==UUID){print $0} }' | wc -l`
+		echo "${VM_UUID} = ${VM_NAME} = ${RET}"
+        done
+
+}
+
 
 #main
 
@@ -102,6 +117,10 @@ xen.vm.list.autostart.get)
 	fn.xen.vm.list.autostart.get
 ;;
 
+xen.vm.list.backup.get)
+	fn.xen.vm.list.backup.get
+;;
+
 xen.mv.autostart.get)
 	VM_NAME=$2
 	EXIST=$( fn.xen.vm.exist_by_vmname ${VM_NAME} )
@@ -127,6 +146,7 @@ xen.pool.autostart.set.true
 xen.pool.autostart.set.false
 xen.vm.list.autostart.get
 xen.mv.autostart.get
+xen.vm.list.backup.get
 NEED:
 xen.mv.autostart.set.true
 xen.mv.autostart.set.false