BackupDevice Class

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12/03/2008

The BackupDevice object provides programmatic access to SQL Server backup devices.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class BackupDevice
    Inherits ScriptNameObjectBase
    Implements ICreatable, IDroppable, IScriptable

public sealed class BackupDevice : ScriptNameObjectBase, ICreatable, IDroppable, IScriptable

public ref class BackupDevice sealed : public ScriptNameObjectBase, ICreatable, IDroppable, IScriptable

public final class BackupDevice extends ScriptNameObjectBase implements ICreatable, IDroppable, 
    IScriptable

public final class BackupDevice extends ScriptNameObjectBase implements ICreatable, IDroppable, 
    IScriptable

Remarks

SQL Server backup devices specify the behavior of specific backup media, usually tape. Backup devices are not required when issuing a BACKUP or RESTORE statement and are not required by the Backup object.

With the BackupDevice object, you can:

Define a new backup device for a server running Microsoft SQL Server.
Change the definition of an existing Microsoft SQL Server backup device.

The BackupDeviceType property must match the definition of the sysnameSQL Server data type.

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

To get BackupDevice object properties, users can be a member of the public fixed server role.

To set BackupDevice object properties, users must have BACKUP DATABASE or BACKUP LOG permissions on the database, or be a member of the db_owner and db_backupoperator fixed database role and the sysadmin fixed server role.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SmoObjectBase
     Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlSmoObject
       Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.NamedSmoObject
         Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ScriptNameObjectBase
          Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.BackupDevice

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