SharePoint stsadm export operation

SharePoint stsadm export operation is designed to export SharePoint site and/or subsite. This command is helpful when you decide to move out site or subsite and install it on another instance of your Microsoft SharePoint Server. 

Syntax for exporting site/subsite is as follows:

stsadm -o export

 

                                                                 
 

Parameter

 
 

Value

 
 

Description

 
 

url

 
 

http://sharepoint

 
 

Site   collection location on the web. Usually it is URL where the site reside which   you want to export

 
 

filename

 
 

Export.file

 
 

Title   of the file you want to create when export is done

 
 

overwrite

 
 

N/A

 
 

If   export file was create then overwrites parameter will replace prior with   current file

 
 

includeusersecurity

 
 

N/A

 
 

Security   setting is preserved when export is done

 
 

haltonwarning

 
 

N/A

 
 

Stops   export from proceeding if warning is present

 
 

haltonfatalerror

 
 

N/A

 
 

Stops   export from proceeding if error is present

 
 

nologfile

 
 

N/A

 
 

No log   file will be created during export process

 
 

versions

 
 

Version of the site

 
 

Indicates   version of the site to be exported

 
 

cabsize

 
 

1 and   1024

 
 

If multiple   backup files are created during export, then you can indicate what size each   of those cab files will be

 
 

nofilecompression

 
 

N/A

 
 

Compression   can be enable or disabled with the help of this parameter

 
 

quiet

 
 

N/A

 
 

Stops   progress information from being displayed while export is in progress

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
         

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