Automating Site Collection Backups with PowerShell
A script for automating site collection backups via STSADM commands was included in the previous version of this book. This script was one of the most asked-for scripts from the book because it enabled administrators to back up individual site collections to flat files on a nightly basis. Although useful, this script was a four-page Visual Basic script and had some complex logic in it that would enumerate site collections and back them up individually.
SharePoint 2010 now allows for the same functionality, from a simplified interface. You can completely automate the backup procedure with built-in SharePoint PowerShell cmdlets. The following sample script demonstrates some additional things than ...
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