Parameter

Value

Description

url

http://sharepoint/site

URL of   the site collection where you want your restore to apply

filename

Site.back

File   name of the restore file

hostheaderwebapplicationurl

http://sharepoint

Server   name where you want your restore to happen

overwrite

N/A

Overwrites   an existing site collection currently at the location specified by the url   parameter with the site collection stored in the backup file.

directory

C:/folder

//network/folder

Location   of your backup file that you took during backup operation

restoremethod

overwrite or new

Both are   used during restore, but one if restoring to original location (overwrite)   and another to new location (new)

backupid

32323-GH-4wsew-TRE-24234

GUID of   the backup package that should be restored

item

Webapp/sharepoint

Part of   the farm that your restore process should do

percentage

1 and   100

Percentage   gap to be displayed while restore is in process  

showtree

N/A

Presents   user with a tree view of the items to be restored

suppressprompt

N/A

No   prompts are present when restore is in progress

username

SQL   user name for the database

User   name can be used for web app or SQL Server

password

Password   for objects being restored. Web app or SQL server

newdatabaseserver

SQLDB

Name of   the SQL instance

preservechangelog

N/A

Preserve   log from being updated

quiet

N/A

Stops   all status messages during restore