Automating Site Collection Backup and Restore
To perform a backup of an individual site collection, type the following:
Backup-SPSite "http://portal.companyABC.com" –path "C:\Backups\portal.dat" -force
The command in the preceding example backs up a site collection at the given url to the designated path. Before running this cmdlet, make sure this path (for example, C:\Backup) exists. In case there is a previous backup file at this location, use the –force parameter to overwrite an existing backup file.
To restore the site collection, type the following:
There are two parameters that must be used for silent site collection restore. -force ensures ...
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