BackupDeviceItem Class

The BackupDeviceItem object provides programmatic access to named SQL Server backup devices.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class BackupDeviceItem
    Implements IComparable
public class BackupDeviceItem : IComparable
public ref class BackupDeviceItem : IComparable
public class BackupDeviceItem implements IComparable
public class BackupDeviceItem implements IComparable

Remarks

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With the BackupDeviceItem object, you can do the following:

  • Access the backup device by name.

  • Verify whether two named backup devices are the same.

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.BackupDeviceItem

Example

How to: Back Up Databases and Transaction Logs in Visual Basic .NET

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

BackupDeviceItem Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

BACKUP (Transact-SQL)
Backing Up and Restoring Databases in SQL Server

Change History

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