SharePoint 2010: Backup/Restore with PowerShell Command

This article is in continuation with the backup operations thread and you can get the reference from here:
http://sharepointknowledgebase.blogspot.com/2012/06/backup-restore-in-sharepoint-2010.html

Restore Operations

Restore operations are associated with:

·         Site collection

·         Subsite

·         List and Document Libraries

Restore of the site collection

By using Powershell

Name: Restore-SPSite

Synopsis: Restores a site collection.

Syntax:  Restore-SPSite [-Identity] <String> -Path <String> [-AssignmentCollection <SPAssignmentCollection>] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-ContentDatabase <SPContentDatabasePipeBind>] [-Force <SwitchParameter>] [-GradualDelete <SwitchParameter>] [-HostHeaderWebApplication <String>] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]] [<C

    ommonParameters>]

Description: The Restore-SPSite cmdlet performs a restoration of the site collection to a location specified by the Identity parameter. A content database may only contain one copy of a site collection. If a site collection is backed up and restored to a different URL location within the same Web application, an additional content database must be available to hold the restored copy of the site collection.

Example:

C:\PS>Restore-SPSite http://server_name/sites/site_name -Path C:\Backup\site_name.bak

This example restores a site collection from the backup file C:\Backup\site_name.bak to the site collection URL http://server_name/sites/site_name.

By using STSADM command:

For site collection restore:

    stsadm.exe -o restore

           -URL <URL>

           -filename <filename>

           [-overwrite]

How to restore the subsite

By using Powershell

Name: Import-SPWeb

Synopsis: Imports a site collection, Web application, list, or library.

Syntax: Import-SPWeb [-Identity] <SPWebPipeBind> -Path <String> [-ActivateSolutions <SwitchParameter>] [-AssignmentCollection <SPAssignmentCollection>] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-Force <SwitchParameter>] [-HaltOnError <SwitchParameter>] [-HaltOnWarning <SwitchParameter>] [-IncludeUserCustomAction <None | All>] [-IncludeUserSecurity <SwitchParameter>] [-NoFileCompression <SwitchParameter>] [-NoLogFile <SwitchParameter>] [-UpdateVersions <Append | Overwrite | Ignore>] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]] [<CommonParameters>]

Description: The Import-SPWeb cmdlet imports a site collection, Web application, list, or library. The capability to import from a library is a new feature in SharePoint 2010 Products.

Example: C:\PS>Import-SPWeb http://site -Path export.cmp -UpdateVersions –Overwrite

This example imports the contents of export.cmp into a site at http://site, overwriting the versioned content on the site with the contents of the export.cmp file.

By using STSADM command:

stsadm.exe -o import

           -URL <URL to import to>

           -filename <import file name>

           [-includeusersecurity]

How to Restore the List/Document Libraries

By using Powershell

Export-SPWeb –Identity <site URL> -Path <Filename> -Includeusersecurity

If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know. I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issuesJ J

Thank you.

Backup Restore in SharePoint 2010

Hello Guys, today I am going to share one of my interesting topics in SharePoint 2010. This is an important one that you have to be ‘aware of’ as it belongs to recovery model. Yes, you are absolutely right; I am talking about Backup-Restore methods in SharePoint 2010.

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 has comes up with so many enhancements and backup restore is one of them. I will try my best here to cover the backup-restore based on GUI (Graphical User Interface), STSADM and Powershell so that you will be proficient enough to work on these mentioned methods independently.

Backup Operations

Backup operations are associated with:

·         Site collection

·         Subsite

·         List and Document Libraries

How to take the backup of the site collection:

By using Central Administration

·         Open the central administration

·         Backup and Restore

·         Granular Backup

·         Perform a site collection backup

·         Select the appropriate web application and site collection from the dropdown

·         Provide the filename

·         Start backup

·         You will be redirected to _admin/sitebackuporexportstatus.aspx

·         It shows the status ‘Operation initializing’

·         It will take some time to complete the backup depending on the size of the site collection

·         As soon as the backup completed then the status will change to ‘Operation Succeeded’

·         That’s it and you are done... check the file location and you will see the backup file that you have specified in the above mentioned steps.

By using STSADM command

For site collection backup:

    stsadm.exe -o backup -URL <URL> -filename <filename> [-overwrite]

By using Powershell command

Backup-SPSite -Identity http://SharePointBackuptesting/sites/AMOL2010 -Path <Filename>

How to take the backup of the subsite

By using Central Administration

§  Open the central administration

§  Backup and restore

§  Granular backup

§  Export a site or list

§  Select the appropriate web application, site collection and subsite

§  Provide the filename

§  Select Export Security (If you want to include permissions)

§  Export Versions (by default ‘All Versions’ selected)

§  Start backup

§  You will be redirected to _admin/sitebackuporexportstatus.aspx

§  It will take some time to complete the backup depending on the size of the site collection

§  As soon as the backup completed then the status will change to ‘Operation Succeeded’

§  That’s it and you are done... check the file location and you will see the backup file that you have specified in the above mentioned steps.

By using STSADM command

stsadm.exe -o export -URL <URL to be exported> -filename <export file name>

By using Powershell command

Export-SPWeb -Identity <URL of the subsite> -Path <filename> -IncludeUserSecurity

How to take the backup of the List/Document Library

By using Central Administration

·         Open the central administration

·         Backup and restore

·         Granular backup

·         Export a site or list

·         Select the appropriate web application, site collection and List/Document Library.

·         Provide the filename

·         Select Export Security (If you want to include permissions)

·         Export Versions (by default ‘All Versions’ selected)

·         Start backup

·         You will be redirected to _admin/sitebackuporexportstatus.aspx

·         It will take some time to complete the backup depending on the size of the site collection

·         As soon as the backup completed then the status will change to ‘Operation Succeeded’

·         That’s it and you are done... check the file location and you will see the backup file that you have specified in the above mentioned steps.

By using Powershell command

Export-SPWeb –Identity <Site URL> -Path <Filename> -ItemURL “Lists/Tasks” –includeusersecurity

If you face any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know…I would be more than happy to help you as well as resolves your issues, Thank you.

Note: Complete Restore Operations will be posted in the next article... so stay tuned…very soon I will provide you the restore information that will be the concluding part of this recovery operations.

Examples:

Backup of the List:

PS C:\> Export-SPWeb -Identity http://itweb.contoso.com/sites/SP2010_Backup/dspace -Path C:\SP2010_Backups\documentbkps.cmp -ItemUrl "Lists/Calendar"

Additional notes:

Site collection: http://itweb.contoso.com/sites/SP2010_Backup

Subsite: http://itweb.contoso.com/sites/SP2010_Backup/dspace

Filename: SP2010_Backups\documentbkps.cmp

Item URL means the name of the list that you wanna backup (here the name of the list is 'Calendar')

Note: if your list name contain spaces then you need to use double quotes, otherwise the Windows PowerShell command will return errors.

Backup of the document library:

PS C:\> Export-SPWeb -Identity http://itweb.contoso.com/sites/SP2010_Backup/dspace -Path C:\SP2010_Backups\testlibbkp2s.cmp -ItemUrl test -Force

Additional notes:

Site collection: http://itweb.contoso.com/sites/SP2010_Backup

Subsite: http://itweb.contoso.com/sites/SP2010_Backup/dspace

Filename: SP2010_Backups\testlibbkp2s.cmp

Item URL means the name of the library that you wanna backup (here the name of the library is 'test')

For restore operations, please refer http://sharepointknowledgebase.blogspot.in/2012/06/sharepoint-2010-backuprestore-with.html