Export-VESPItem

Short Description

Exports SharePoint items.

Applies to

Veeam Backup & Replication

Product Edition: Community, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

Syntax

This cmdlet provides parameter sets that allow you to:

Export to the SharePoint document library.

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

Export to the SharePoint list.

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

Detailed Description

This cmdlet exports SharePoint lists and document libraries.

Export-VESPItem Note:

Consider 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	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
DocumentLibrary	Specifies a SharePoint document library. This cmdlet will export the specified SharePoint document library.	Accepts the DocumentLibrary object. To get this object, run the Get-VESPDocumentLibrary cmdlet.	True	0	True (ByValue)
List	Specifies a SharePoint list. This cmdlet will export the specified SharePoint list.	Accepts the VESPList object. To get this object, run the Get-VESPList cmdlet.	True	0	True (ByValue)
Path	Specifies a path to the export destination directory.	String	True	Named	True (ByValue)
Force	Defines that the cmdlet will create a folder in the specified directory and will overwrite the existing item with the same name.	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False

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

Examples

Export-VESPItem Example 1. Exporting SharePoint Document Library [For Veeam Backup & Replication]

This example shows how to export the SharePoint document library to the C:\ExportedDocLibrary folder.

$session = Get-VBRSharePointItemRestoreSession

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

$doclib = Get-VESPDocumentLibrary -Database $database -Name "Document_Library"

Export-VESPItem -DocumentLibrary $doclib -Path "C:\ExportedDocLibrary" -Force

Perform the following steps:

Get the SharePoint document library:

Run the Get-VBRSharePointItemRestoreSession cmdlet. Save the result to the $session variable.
Run the Get-VESPDatabase cmdlet. Set the $session variable as the Session parameter value. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $database variable.
Run the Get-VESPDocumentLibrary cmdlet. Set the $database variable as the Database parameter value. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $doclib variable.

Run the Export-VESPItem cmdlet. Set the $doclib variable as the DocumentLibrary parameter value. Specify the Path parameter value. Provide the Force parameter.

Export-VESPItem Example 2. Exporting SharePoint List [For Veeam Backup & Replication]

This example shows how to export the Calendar SharePoint list to the C:\ExportedLists folder.

$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

Perform the following steps:

Get the SharePoint list:

Run the Get-VBRApplicationRestorePoint cmdlet. Specify the SharePoint parameter value. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $restorepoint variable.
Run the Start-VBRSharePointItemRestoreSession cmdlet. Set the $restorePoint variable as the RestorePoint parameter value. Save the result to the $session variable.
Run the Get-VESPDatabase cmdlet. Set the $session variable as the Session parameter value. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $database variable.
Run the Get-VESPSite cmdlet. Set the $database variable as the Database parameter value. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $site variable.
Run the Get-VESPList cmdlet. Set the $site variable as the Site parameter value. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $list variable.

Run the Export-VESPItem cmdlet. Set the $list variable as the List parameter value. Specify the Path parameter value. Provide the Force parameter.

Related Commands

Get-VBRApplicationRestorePoint