Catch my Point

1. Can back up top-level websites (Site Collections), an individual database, a Web application, or an entire farm.

2. There is no Default File Extension for back up files

3. Supports "Full" and "Differential" back up. If "overwrite" option is selected while restoring it overwrites entire SiteCollection

4. Supports UNC path to save/restore backup files.

5. Backup of Site Collection can be tracked by stsadm -o backuphistory operation

1. Like Smigrate.exe utility in SPS 2003, you can migrate sites, subsites and Site Collection.

2. Default file Extension (if not mentioned) ".cmp"

3. Provides "versions" option to control migrate/overwrite files in site

4. Backup files should be copied to server

5. Sites/SiteCollections would not track export/Import history

   -url <URL name>

   -filename <file name>

   [-overwrite]

For catastrophic backup

stsadm -o backup

   -directory <UNC path or local drive>

   -backupmethod <full or differential>

   [-item] <created path from tree>

   [-percentage] <integer between 1 and 100>

   [-backupthreads] <integer between 1 and 10>

   [-showtree]

   [-quiet]

For site collection restore
stsadm -o restore

   -url <URL name>

   -filename <file name>

   [-hostheaderwebapplicationurl] <Web application URL>

   [-overwrite]

For catastrophic restore
stsadm -o restore

   -directory <UNC path>

   -restoremethod <overwrite or new>

   [-backupid] <GUID from backuphistory, see stsadm -help backuphistory>

   [-item] <created path from tree>

   [-percentage] <integer between 1 and 100>

   [-showtree]

   [-suppressprompt]

   [-username] <user name>

   [-password] <password>

   [-newdatabaseserver] <new database server name>

   [-preservechangelog]

   [-quiet]

stsadm -o export

   -url <URL name>

   -filename <export file name>

   [-overwrite]

   [-includeusersecurity]

   [-haltonwarning]

   [-haltonfatalerror]

   [-nologfile]

   [-versions] <1-4>

   [-cabsize] <integer value>

   [-nofilecompression]

   [-quiet]

stsadm -o import

   -url <URL name>

   -filename <import file name>

   [-includeusersecurity]

   [-haltonwarning]

   [-haltonfatalerror]

   [-nologfile]

   [-updateversions] <1-3>

   [-nofilecompression]

   [-quiet]