stsadm commands

Complete farm backup

stsadm -o backup -directory <\\server name\folder name> -backupmethod full

Syntax

For site collection backup

stsadm -o backup

-url

-filename

[-nositelock]

[-overwrite]

For catastrophic backup

stsadm -o backup

-directory

-backupmethod

[-force]

[-item]

[-percentage]

[-backupthreads]

[-showtree]

[-quiet]