SharePoint - Backup Site
Declaration
<AMSHAREPOINT ACTIVITY="backup_site" SITEURL="text" BACKUPFILE="text" />
Description: Performs a site collection backup.
Practical Usage
Performing a site collection backup might require resources and may affect farm performance when the backup is running. You can help avoid performance issues by creating a task that automates the backup process and set to run the task during hours when farm use is lowest, such as outside office hours.
Parameters Connection
Property |
Type |
Required |
Default |
Markup |
Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Site |
Text |
Yes |
(Empty) |
SITE="http://myServer/tech" |
The SharePoint site to backup. |
Backup file |
Text |
Yes |
(Empty) |
BACKUPFILE="c:\backup\site.bak" |
The path and filename of the backup. Click the folder icon to open the SharePoint Browser allowing for easy navigation. |
Overwrite if file exists |
Yes/No |
No |
No |
Overwrite="YES" |
If set to YES, matching files found in the destination will be overwritten. If set to NO, matching files will not be overwritten, however, an error will occur as a result. |
Example
The sample AML code below can be copied and pasted directly into the Steps panel of the Task Builder.
Description: Backup sharepoint site "http://server_name/sites/site_name". Backup file is "C:/TEMP/MySharePointBackup.bak".
<AMSHAREPOINT ACTIVITY="backup_site" SITEURL="http://server_name/sites/site_name" BACKUPFILE="C:/TEMP/MySharePointBackup.bak" />