Server.BackupDevices Property

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Applies To: SQL Server 2016 Preview

Represents a collection of BackupDevice objects. Each BackupDevice object represents a backup device defined on the instance of SQL Server.

Namespace:   Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, 
    SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny, typeof(BackupDevice))]
public BackupDeviceCollection BackupDevices { get; }

public:
[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship::ObjectContainer, 
    SfcContainerCardinality::ZeroToAny, (BackupDevice^::typeid))]
property BackupDeviceCollection^ BackupDevices {
    BackupDeviceCollection^ get();
}

[<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer,
    SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny, typeof(BackupDevice))>]
member BackupDevices : BackupDeviceCollection with get

<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer,
    SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny, GetType(BackupDevice))>
Public ReadOnly Property BackupDevices As BackupDeviceCollection

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.BackupDeviceCollection

A BackupDeviceCollection object that represents all the backup devices defined on the instance of SQL Server.

Remarks

A tape drive or disk drive that is used in a backup or restore operation is referred to as a backup device. When you create backups, you must select a backup device to write the data on. For more information, see Backup Devices (SQL Server).

See Also

Server Class
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace
Using Collections
Backing Up and Restoring Databases and Transaction Logs

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