Using Powershell for deploying Sharepoint 2010 Solution and Backup/Restore

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Now, let see how to deploy the SharePoint 2010 solution using Powershell.

Step 1 : Start->All Programs->MicrosoftSharepoint2010Products->open Sharepoint2010Managementshell

Type the command

Step 2 : Add-SPSolution “C:\SharePoint2010Solution.wsp”

Step 3 : Install-SPSolution -Identity SharePoint2010Solution.wsp -WebApplication http://myserver -GACDeployment

If you are using Sandbox Solution

Step 4 : Install-SPUserSolution -Identity SharePoint2010Solution.wsp -WebApplication http://myserver -GACDeployment

For Updating the Sharepoint 2010 Solution type the following commands.

Step 5 : Update-SPSolution -Identity SharePoint2010Solution.wsp -LiteralPath “C:\SharePoint2010Solution.wsp” -GacDeployment

For retract and remove a solution, type the following commands:

Step 6 : Uninstall-SPSolution -Identity MySharePointSolution.wsp -WebApplication http://myserver

Step 7 : Remove-SPSolution-Identity MySharePointSolution.wsp

Now let's see how to take Backup and Restore using Powershell.

Backup a Site collection with PowerShell command.

In SharePoint 2010, Power Shell command Backup-SPSite is used for taking backup. you can get details of the command from the msdn link. The following command will back up the site collection “http://myserver”.

Backup-SPSite -Identity http://myserver -Path "c:\backup\files.bak"

Restore a Site Collection with PowerShell command.

To restore site collection you'll use the following command. Use -Force if you want to overwrite the existing site collection.

Restore-SPSite -Identity http://myserver -Path "c:\backup\files.bak"

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