Server.BackupDevices Property

Represents a collection of BackupDevice objects. Each BackupDevice object represents a backup device defined on the instance of SQL Server.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny,  _
    GetType(BackupDevice))> _
Public ReadOnly Property BackupDevices As BackupDeviceCollection
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Server
Dim value As BackupDeviceCollection

value = instance.BackupDevices
[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny, 
    typeof(BackupDevice))]
public BackupDeviceCollection BackupDevices { get; }
[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship::ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality::ZeroToAny, 
    typeof(BackupDevice))]
public:
property BackupDeviceCollection^ BackupDevices {
    BackupDeviceCollection^ get ();
}
[<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny, 
    typeof(BackupDevice))>]
member BackupDevices : BackupDeviceCollection
function get BackupDevices () : BackupDeviceCollection

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.BackupDeviceCollection
A BackupDeviceCollection object that represents all the backup devices defined on the instance of SQL Server.

Remarks

A tape drive or disk drive that is used in a backup or restore operation is referred to as a backup device. When you create backups, you must select a backup device to write the data on. For more information, see Backup Devices.