Backup & Restore sites with stsadm command

For Backup : 
 
 
For site collection backup
stsadm -o backup -url <URL name> -filename <file name> [-nositelock] [-overwrite]
 
For Restore :

 
For site collection restore
 
stsadm -o restore -url <URL name> -filename <file name> [-hostheaderwebapplicationurl] <Web application URL> [-overwrite]
 
To Take Backup of Site
C:\Progra~1\Common~1\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\BIN> stsadm -o backup - url http://testserver/sites/sitename -filename c:\backup\bk.dat 
 
To Restore Whole Site
C:\Progra~1\Common~1\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\BIN> stsadm -o restore - url http://server/sites/newsite -filename c:\backup\bk.dat
If you want to overwrite existing web site then use -overwrite .
 
 

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