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BackupDeviceCollection Class
SQL Server 2012
The BackupDeviceCollection class represents a collection of BackupDevice objects that represent all the backup devices on an instance of SQL Server.
System.Object
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.AbstractCollectionBase
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SmoCollectionBase
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SortedListCollectionBase
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SimpleObjectCollectionBase
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.BackupDeviceCollection
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.AbstractCollectionBase
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SmoCollectionBase
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SortedListCollectionBase
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SimpleObjectCollectionBase
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.BackupDeviceCollection
Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)
The BackupDeviceCollection type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
.gif?cs-save-lang=1&cs-lang=vb "Public property") | Count | Gets the number of objects in the referenced collection. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.) |
| IsSynchronized | Gets the Boolean property value that specifies whether access to the collection is synchronized and therefore thread-safe. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.) |
| Item(Int32) | Gets a BackupDevice object in the collection by index number. |
| Item(String) | Gets a BackupDevice object in the collection by name. |
| Parent | Gets the Server object that is the parent of the BackupDeviceCollection object. |
| SyncRoot | Gets an object that can be used to synchronize access to the collection. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
.gif?cs-save-lang=1&cs-lang=vb "Public method") | Add | Adds the specified backup device to the referenced collection. |
.gif?cs-save-lang=1&cs-lang=vb "Protected method") | AddExisting | Adds an object to the collection. (Inherited from AbstractCollectionBase.) |
| Contains | Verifies whether the specified object exists in the collection. (Inherited from SimpleObjectCollectionBase.) |
| CopyTo | Copies the collection of objects to a one-dimensional array starting at the specified index value. |
| Equals | (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetEnumerator | Returns an IEnumerator interface that allows you to iterate through the objects in the collection. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.) |
| GetHashCode | (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetType | (Inherited from Object.) |
| Refresh | Refreshes the referenced collection. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.) |
| Refresh(Boolean) | Refreshes the referenced collection with the option to refresh child objects of the referenced collection. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.) |
| ToString | (Inherited from Object.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
.gif?cs-save-lang=1&cs-lang=vb "Protected field") | initialized | This value supports the SMO infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. (Inherited from AbstractCollectionBase.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
.gif?cs-save-lang=1&cs-lang=vb "Explicit interface implemetation") .gif?cs-save-lang=1&cs-lang=vb "Private method") | ICollection.CopyTo | Copies the elements from an instance to an array beginning at the index indicated. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.) |
A BackupDeviceCollection object can be used to gain access to a set of backup devices. You can use the Item property to return a specific BackupDevice object.
