Back up a Project Server 2007 farm by using the Stsadm command line tool

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Topic Last Modified: 2009-01-09

This article guides you through the process of using the Stsadm command-line tool to back up Microsoft Office Project Server 2007.

Before you perform these procedures, be sure that you have read and understand the requirements described in Back up a Project Server 2007 farm by using built-in tools. Also see the prescriptive guidance in Back up a Project Server 2007 farm by using built-in tools to ensure that you are choosing to perform the procedure that is best for your deployment.

Backing up a Project Server farm using the Stsadm command-line tool

Important

To run the Stsadm command-line tool, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer.

Back up a Project Server farm using the Stsadm command-line tool

On the drive on which SharePoint Products and Technologies is installed, change to the following directory: %COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft shared\Web server extensions\12\Bin.
Type the following command, and then press ENTER:

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

If the backup finishes successfully, the command window displays the following text:
```
Completed with 0 warnings.
Completed with 0 errors.
Backup completed successfully.
---------------------------------------------------------
Operation completed successfully.
```
If the backup does not finish successfully, review the spbackup.log file.

For more information, see Backup: Stsadm operation (Windows SharePoint Services).