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] [<CommonParameters>]

Export to the SharePoint list.

Export-VESPItem [-List <VESPList>] -Path <String> [-Force] [<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)
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. Default: False	SwitchParameter	False	Named	False
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)

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