Get-SPBackupHistory
Applies to: SharePoint Server 2010, SharePoint Foundation 2010
Topic Last Modified: 2010-02-15
Returns a history of backup and restore operations.
Get-SPBackupHistory -Directory <String> [-AssignmentCollection <SPAssignmentCollection>] [-ShowBackup <SwitchParameter>] [-ShowRestore <SwitchParameter>]
The Get-SPBackupHistory cmdlet reads a history of backup and restore operations that have been run. Specifies whether you want to display only the backup history, only the restore history, or all of the history.
| Parameter | Required | Type | Description | ||
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| Directory | Required | System.String | Specifies the path where the SharePoint 2010 Products backup packages generated from a farm backup have been stored. The type must be a valid path in either of the following forms: - C:\folder_name - \\server_name\folder_name | ||
| AssignmentCollection | Optional | Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell.SPAssignmentCollection | Manages objects for the purpose of proper disposal. Use of objects, such as SPWeb or SPSite, can use large amounts of memory and use of these objects in Windows PowerShell scripts requires proper memory management. Using the SPAssignment object, you can assign objects to a variable and dispose of the objects after they are needed to free up memory. When SPWeb, SPSite, or SPSiteAdministration objects are used, the objects are automatically disposed of if an assignment collection or the Global parameter is not used.
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| ShowBackup | Optional | System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter | Filters the output so that the history of backup operations only is displayed. If both the ShowBackup and the ShowRestore parameters are not specified, the history of both backup and restore operations is displayed. | ||
| ShowRestore | Optional | System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter | Filters the output so that the history of restore operations only is displayed. If both the ShowBackup and the ShowRestore parameters are absent, the history of both backup and restore operations is displayed. |
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------------------EXAMPLE 1-----------------
Get-SPBackupHistory -Directory \\file_server\share\Backup
This example returns all farm backup and restore operations that have been run for the \\file_server\share\Backup directory.
------------------EXAMPLE 2-----------------
Get-SPBackupHistory -Directory C:\Backup -ShowBackup
This example returns all of the farm backup operations that have been run for the C:\Backup directory.
------------------EXAMPLE 3-----------------
(Get-SPBackupHistory -Directory C:\Backup -ShowBackup)[0].SelfId | Restore-SPFarm -Directory C:\Backup -RestoreMethod overwrite
This example gets all of the farm backup operations that have been run for the C:\Backup directory, finds the most recent backup, and then passes its backup GUID to the Restore-SPFarm cmdlet. The Restore-SPFarm cmdlet will then perform an overwrite restore from that backup package.
