diff --git a/tests/e2e/sample-applications/virt-todo/README.MD b/tests/e2e/sample-applications/virt-todo/README.MD
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+# notes:
+Obviously there are improvements to this workflow, however this is meant to
+serve as a template or example to fit into other working test frameworks.
+
+# To install
+setup the openshift-virtualization operator
+
+# Start vm
+`oc create -f namemspace-virttodo.yaml -f virtualmachine-fedora-close-carp.yaml -f service.yaml -f vmroute.yaml`
+
+# Check volumeMode
+`oc get pvc fedora-close-carp -o yaml -n virttodo | grep volumeMode`
+
+# Wait for the cloud-init scripts to:
+* install mariadb
+* install and start the todolist app
+
+* login w/ test/dog8code
+`tail -f /var/log/cloud-init-output.log`
+
+# Add data to the todolist
+* get the route
+* `oc get route -n virttodo`
+* open browser to $route
+  * add data
+
+* alternatively, use the python test.py script to populate data.
+`python test.py --base_url=$route`
+
+* alternatively you can use curl commands, for example:
+```
+export date=`date "+%F-%T"`
+curl -d "description=curl_todo_1_$date&completed=false" -X POST http://localhost:8000/todo
+curl -d "description=curl_todo_2_$date&completed=false" -X POST http://localhost:8000/todo
+curl -d "description=curl_todo_3_$date&completed=false" -X POST http://localhost:8000/todo
+curl -d "id=1&completed=true" -X POST http://localhost:8000/todo/1
+```
+
+# Backup vm
+`oc create -f backup_virttodo.yaml`
+
+# Delete everything
+`oc delete -f namemspace-virttodo.yaml -f virtualmachine-fedora-close-carp.yaml -f service.yaml -f vmroute.yaml`
+
+# Restore vm
+`oc create -f restore_virttodo.yaml`
+
+# Check the data
+* compare the data you entered prior to the backup with the current data
diff --git a/tests/e2e/sample-applications/virt-todo/backup_virttodo.yaml b/tests/e2e/sample-applications/virt-todo/backup_virttodo.yaml
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+apiVersion: velero.io/v1
+kind: Backup
+metadata:
+  name: virttodo-backup-dm-1
+  namespace: openshift-adp
+spec:
+  includedNamespaces:
+  - virttodo
+  storageLocation: default
+  ttl: 720h0m0s
+  snapshotMoveData: True
+  defaultVolumesToFsBackup: False
diff --git a/tests/e2e/sample-applications/virt-todo/namemspace-virttodo.yaml b/tests/e2e/sample-applications/virt-todo/namemspace-virttodo.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Namespace
+metadata:
+  name: virttodo
diff --git a/tests/e2e/sample-applications/virt-todo/restore_virttodo.yaml b/tests/e2e/sample-applications/virt-todo/restore_virttodo.yaml
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+apiVersion: velero.io/v1
+kind: Restore
+metadata:
+  name: virttodo-restore-1
+  namespace: openshift-adp
+spec:
+  backupName: virttodo-backup-dm-1
+  restorePVs: true
diff --git a/tests/e2e/sample-applications/virt-todo/service.yaml b/tests/e2e/sample-applications/virt-todo/service.yaml
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+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: vm-service
+  namespace: virttodo
+spec:
+  selector:
+    special: key 
+  ports:
+    - name: todoport
+      port: 8000
+      targetPort: 8000 
+  type: NodePort 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/sample-applications/virt-todo/test.py b/tests/e2e/sample-applications/virt-todo/test.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import argparse
+import json
+import requests
+
+from datetime import datetime
+
+
+def updateToDo(base_url, id, completed):
+  """Update data to the todo application
+
+  Args:
+    item_dict: dict of todo item
+    completed: bool
+
+  Returns:
+    bool
+  """
+  data = {
+      "id": id,
+      "completed": completed
+  }
+
+  # Set the endpoint URL
+  endpoint = base_url + "/todo/" + str(id)
+  # Send a POST request with the data and the endpoint URL
+  response = requests.post(endpoint, data=data)
+  # Check the status code of the response
+  if response.status_code == 201 or response.status_code == 200:
+      print("Task updated successfully!")
+      return True
+  else:
+      print("Error updating task.")
+      return False
+  
+
+def createToDo(base_url, description, completed):
+  """Post data to the todo application
+
+  Args:
+    description: todo list description
+    completed: bool
+
+  Returns:
+    id of todo item in db
+  """
+  data = {
+      "description": description,
+      "completed": completed
+  }
+
+  # Set the endpoint URL
+  endpoint = base_url + "/todo"
+  # Send a POST request with the data and the endpoint URL
+  response = requests.post(endpoint, data=data)
+  # Check the status code of the response
+  if response.status_code == 201 or response.status_code == 200:
+      print("Task created successfully!")
+  else:
+      print("Error creating task.")
+  response_dict = json.loads(response.text)[0]
+  return response_dict
+
+def checkToDoLists(base_url, completed):
+  """Get data from the todo application
+
+  Args:
+    completed: bool
+
+  Returns:
+    json dict
+  """
+  # Set the endpoint URL
+  if completed:
+    endpoint = base_url + "/todo-completed"
+  else:
+    endpoint = base_url + "/todo-incomplete"
+  # Send a POST request with the data and the endpoint URL
+  response = requests.get(endpoint)
+  # Check the status code of the response
+  if response.status_code == 201 or response.status_code == 200:
+      print("Got list of items")
+  else:
+      print("Failed to get list of items")
+  response_dict = json.loads(response.text)
+  return response_dict
+
+def deleteToDoItems(base_url, item):
+  """Delete data from the todo application
+
+  Args:
+    item: dict
+
+  Returns:
+    bool
+  """
+
+  endpoint = base_url + "/todo/" + str(item["Id"])
+  # Send a POST request with the data and the endpoint URL
+  response = requests.delete(endpoint)
+  # Check the status code of the response
+  if response.status_code == 201 or response.status_code == 200:
+      print("Deleted item " + str(item["Id"]))
+      return True
+  else:
+      print("Failed to delete item " + str(item["Id"]))
+      return False
+
+def main():
+  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Process some integers.')
+  parser.add_argument('--base_url', dest='base_url', required=True,
+                      help='The openshift route to the VM')
+  args = parser.parse_args()
+  print(args.base_url)
+  base_url = args.base_url
+
+
+  date = datetime.today().strftime('%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S')
+  # create todo items
+  test1 = createToDo(base_url, "pytest-1-" + date, False)
+  test2 = createToDo(base_url, "pytest-2-" + date, False)
+  test3 = createToDo(base_url, "pytest-1-" + date, False)
+
+  # update todo items
+  success = updateToDo(base_url, test1["Id"], True)
+  success = updateToDo(base_url, test2["Id"], True)
+
+  # check todo's
+  completed = checkToDoLists(base_url, True)
+  incomplete = checkToDoLists(base_url, False)
+  print("COMPLETED ITEMS:")
+  print(completed)
+  print("INCOMPLETE ITEMS:")
+  print(incomplete)
+
+  # test complete or incomplete
+  found_completed = False
+  for i in completed:
+    if test1["Description"] == i["Description"]:
+      found_completed = True
+
+  found_incomplete = False
+  for i in incomplete:
+    if test3["Description"] == i["Description"]:
+      found_incomplete = True
+   
+  if found_completed == False or found_incomplete == False:
+    print("FAILED complete / incomplete TEST")
+  else:
+    print("SUCCESS!")
+
+  # Delete items
+  deleteToDoItems(base_url, test1)
+  deleteToDoItems(base_url, test3)
+  completed = checkToDoLists(base_url, True)
+  incomplete = checkToDoLists(base_url, False)
+  print("COMPLETED ITEMS:")
+  print(completed)
+  print("INCOMPLETE ITEMS:")
+  print(incomplete)
+
+  # Test deleted items
+  found_completed = False
+  for i in completed:
+    if test1["Description"] == i["Description"]:
+      found_completed = True
+
+  found_incomplete = False
+  for i in incomplete:
+    if test3["Description"] == i["Description"]:
+      found_incomplete = True
+    
+  if found_completed == True or found_incomplete == True:
+    print("FAILED Delete TEST")
+  else:
+    print("SUCCESS!")
+   
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+
diff --git a/tests/e2e/sample-applications/virt-todo/virtualmachine-fedora-close-carp.yaml b/tests/e2e/sample-applications/virt-todo/virtualmachine-fedora-close-carp.yaml
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+apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1
+kind: VirtualMachine
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    vm.kubevirt.io/validations: |
+      [
+        {
+          "name": "minimal-required-memory",
+          "path": "jsonpath::.spec.domain.memory.guest",
+          "rule": "integer",
+          "message": "This VM requires more memory.",
+          "min": 1073741824
+        }
+      ]
+  labels:
+    app: fedora-close-carp
+    vm.kubevirt.io/template: fedora-server-small
+    vm.kubevirt.io/template.namespace: openshift
+    vm.kubevirt.io/template.revision: '1'
+    vm.kubevirt.io/template.version: v0.26.0
+  name: fedora-close-carp
+  namespace: virttodo
+spec:
+  dataVolumeTemplates:
+    - apiVersion: cdi.kubevirt.io/v1beta1
+      kind: DataVolume
+      metadata:
+        creationTimestamp: null
+        name: fedora-close-carp
+      spec:
+        sourceRef:
+          kind: DataSource
+          name: fedora
+          namespace: openshift-virtualization-os-images
+        storage:
+          resources:
+            requests:
+              storage: 30Gi
+  running: true
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      annotations:
+        vm.kubevirt.io/flavor: small
+        vm.kubevirt.io/os: fedora
+        vm.kubevirt.io/workload: server
+      creationTimestamp: null
+      labels:
+        kubevirt.io/domain: fedora-close-carp
+        kubevirt.io/size: small
+        special: key
+    spec:
+      architecture: amd64
+      domain:
+        cpu:
+          cores: 1
+          sockets: 1
+          threads: 1
+        devices:
+          disks:
+            - disk:
+                bus: virtio
+              name: rootdisk
+            - disk:
+                bus: virtio
+              name: cloudinitdisk
+          interfaces:
+            - macAddress: '02:73:43:00:00:07'
+              masquerade: {}
+              model: virtio
+              name: default
+          networkInterfaceMultiqueue: true
+          rng: {}
+        features:
+          acpi: {}
+          smm:
+            enabled: true
+        firmware:
+          bootloader:
+            efi: {}
+        machine:
+          type: pc-q35-rhel9.2.0
+        memory:
+          guest: 2Gi
+        resources: {}
+      networks:
+        - name: default
+          pod: {}
+      terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 180
+      volumes:
+        - dataVolume:
+            name: fedora-close-carp
+          name: rootdisk
+        - cloudInitConfigDrive:
+            userData: |-
+              #cloud-config
+              user: fedora
+              password: dog8code
+              chpasswd: { expire: False }
+              user: test
+              password: dog8code
+              chpasswd: { expire: False }
+              packages:
+                - mariadb-server
+                - unzip
+                - wget
+              runcmd:
+                - systemctl stop firewalld
+                - systemctl disable firewalld
+                - systemctl start mariadb
+                - systemctl enable mariadb
+                - mysql -uroot -e "CREATE DATABASE todolist; USE todolist; CREATE USER 'test'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'test';"
+                - mysql -uroot -e "grant all privileges on todolist.* to test@'localhost' identified by 'test'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
+                - pushd /home/test/
+                - wget https://github.com/weshayutin/todolist-mariadb-go/releases/download/testing3/todolist-linux-amd64.zip
+                - unzip todolist-linux-amd64.zip
+                - chown -R test:test /home/test
+                - semanage fcontext --add --type bin_t '/home/test/todolist-linux-amd64'
+                - restorecon -Fv /home/test/todolist-linux-amd64
+                - cp systemd/todolist-mariadb.service /etc/systemd/system/
+                - popd
+                - systemctl daemon-reload
+                - systemctl start todolist-mariadb.service
+                - systemctl enable todolist-mariadb.service
+                - systemctl status todolist-mariadb.service
+                - systemctl  disable  cloud-init
+          name: cloudinitdisk
diff --git a/tests/e2e/sample-applications/virt-todo/vmroute.yaml b/tests/e2e/sample-applications/virt-todo/vmroute.yaml
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+apiVersion: route.openshift.io/v1
+kind: Route
+metadata:
+  name: vmroute
+  namespace: virttodo
+spec:
+  #host: vmroute-openshift-virtualization-os-images.apps.cluster-wdh03122024metala.wdh03122024metala.mg.dog8code.com
+  port:
+    targetPort: todoport
+  to:
+    kind: Service
+    name: vm-service
+    weight: 100
+  wildcardPolicy: None