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Export-VESPItem

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Short Description

Exports SharePoint Item.

Applies to: Veeam Backup & Replication

Product Edition: Community, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

Syntax

This cmdlet provides parameter sets that allow you to:

To export to the SharePoint list:

Export-VESPItem -List <VESPList> -Path <string> [-Force] [<CommonParameters>]

To export to the SharePoint document library:

Export-VESPItem [-DocumentLibrary] <VESPDocumentLibrary> -Path <string> [-Force] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet exports SharePoint lists and document libraries.

Export-VESPItem Note:

Mind the following:

This cmdlet is available for backups created with Veeam Backup & Replication.
Before performing export operations you must first start a restore session. For more information, see Start-VBRSharePointItemRestoreSession.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input	Accept Wildcard Characters
DocumentLibrary	Specifies a SharePoint document library. This cmdlet will export the specified SharePoint document library.	True	Named	True (ByValue)	False
Force	Indicates that the cmdlet will create a folder in the specified directory and overwrites the existing item with the same name.	False	Named	False	False
List	Specifies a SharePoint list. This cmdlet will export the specified SharePoint list.	True	Named	True (ByValue)	False
Path	Specifies a path to the export destination directory.	True	Named	True (ByValue)	False

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the About CommonParameters section of Microsoft Docs.

Example

[For Veeam Backup & Replication] This example shows how to export the Calendar SharePoint list to the C:\ExportedLists folder.

Run the Get-VBRApplicationRestorePoint cmdlet to get a restore point. Save the result to the $restorepoint variable.
Run the Start-VBRSharePointItemRestoreSession cmdlet with the $restorepoint variable to start a restore session. Save the result to the $session variable.
Run the Get-VESPDatabase cmdlet with the $session variable and the Name parameter to get the WSS_Content.mdf SharePoint database. Save the result to the $database variable.
Run the Get-VESPSite cmdlet with the $database variable and the Name parameter to get the Home SharePoint site. Save the result to the $site variable.
Run the Get-VESPList cmdlet with the $site variable and the Name parameter to get the Calendar SharePoint list. Save the result to the $list variable.
Run the Export-VESPItem cmdlet with the $list variable and the Path parameter to export the Calendar SharePoint list to the C:\ExportedLists folder. Use the Force parameter to overwrite any existing lists with the same name in the target directory.

$restorepoint = Get-VBRApplicationRestorePoint -SharePoint -Name "Sharepoint server"

$session = Start-VBRSharePointItemRestoreSession -RestorePoint $restorePoint

$database = Get-VESPDatabase -Session $session -Name "WSS_Content.mdf"

$site = Get-VESPSite -Database $database -Name "Home"

$list = Get-VESPList -Site $site -Name "Calendar"

Export-VESPItem -List $list -Path C:\ExportedLists -Force

Related Commands

Get-VBRApplicationRestorePoint