Backup & Restore SharepointSite

using stsadm

 

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\BIN>stsa

dm -o backup -url http://praveen:8888 -filename C:\backup\back_8888.bak

stsadm –o restore –url <URL of the site collection> -filename <Name of the backup file> -overwrite

 

using powershell

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Backup-SPSite -Identity http://sreenu:5555/ -Path "c:\backup\file.bak"

PS C:\Users\Administrator> Restore-SPSite -Identity http://sreenu:4444/ -Path "c:\backup\file.bak" -Force