{"id":819,"date":"2009-09-16T18:37:33","date_gmt":"2009-09-17T02:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/stage\/?p=819"},"modified":"2019-10-08T16:23:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T23:23:15","slug":"backing-up-sharepoint-sites-using-stsadm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/backing-up-sharepoint-sites-using-stsadm\/","title":{"rendered":"Backing Up SharePoint Sites Using STSADM"},"content":{"rendered":"

While researching some backup solutions for SharePoint sites, I ran into several blogs that have different kinds of solutions. If you are looking for a batch file that runs STSADM to either perform daily backups automatically, using Scheduled Task, or manually as needed, here are some solutions that you may find useful. I will update this list as I find more solutions.<\/p>\n

1. A free VBScript by Jerry Rasmussen<\/em> that makes a seven day rolling backup of SharePoint.\u00a0 It will also generate e-mail notifications for administrators.<\/p>\n

2. A free PowerShell script by Shahar Gvirtz<\/a> that uses STSADM. I couldn’t get this to work but James Brundage from Microsoft PowerShell team was able to help me out.<\/p>\n

3. For using STSADM utility in SharePoint, check out Todd Klindt’s blog post<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

4. The SharePoint 1970 blog<\/em> has a solution that combines multiple STSADM operations into an automated tool that you can use to backup your site collections.<\/p>\n

5. Joel Oleson’s blog has lots of useful information. This blog in particular sums the backup options pretty good: SharePoint Backup Restore, High Availability, and Disaster Recovery<\/em>.<\/p>\n

One thing you should know about STSADM is that it has several limitations. If you can live with these limitations, that’s great. Otherwise, you need to look at other options.<\/p>\n

STSADM Limitations<\/strong><\/p>\n

STSADM backup and restore cannot backup and restore the following:<\/p>\n

1. The configuration database<\/p>\n

2. Alternate Access Mappings<\/p>\n

3. Central Administrator Web Application<\/p>\n

4. Central Administrator content database<\/p>\n

5. Any custom solutions that you may have deployed<\/p>\n

6. The Internet Information Services (IIS) metabase<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While researching some backup solutions for SharePoint sites, I ran into several blogs that have different kinds of solutions. If you are looking for a batch file that runs STSADM to either perform daily backups automatically, using Scheduled Task, or manually as needed, here are some solutions that you may find useful. I will update […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sharepoint","category-tips-tricks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t