Simple scripts that you can automate with the Task Scheduler to backup\/cleanup your Sharepoint 2010 farm with email notifications.<\/p>\n
try\n {\n $today = (Get-Date -Format dd-MM-yyyy)\n #Location of the Backup Folder\n [IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory(\"E:BackupDailyFarmBackUp$today<\/strong>\")\n # This will actually initiate the SPFarm backup. \n Backup-SPFarm -Directory E:BackupFullFarmBackup$today -BackupMethod full\n<\/strong> # Backup-SPFarm -Directory E:BackupDailyFarmBackup$today -BackupMethod differential<\/strong><\/pre>\n # Edit the From Address as per your environment.\n $emailFrom = \"SPADMIN@Sharepoint.com\"\n # Edit the mail address to which the Notification should be sent.\n $emailTo = \"Admin@SharePoint.Com\"\n # Subject for the notification email. The + \u201c$today\u201d part will add the date in the subject.\n $subject = \"The SharePoint Farm Backup was Successful for \"+\"$today\"\n # Body or the notification email. The + \u201c$today\u201d part will add the date in the subject.\n $body = \"The SharePoint Farm Backup was Successful for \"+\"$today\"\n # IP address of your SMTP server. Make sure relay Is enabled for the SharePoint server on your SMTP server\n $smtpServer = \"192.168.0.0\"\n $smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)\n $smtp.Send($emailFrom, $emailTo, $subject, $body)\n }\nCatch\n {\n $ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message\n # Configure the below parameters as per the above.\n $emailFrom = \"SPADMIN@Sharepoint.com\"\n $emailTo = \"Admin@SharePoint.Com\"\n $subject = \"The SharePoint Farm Backup Job failed on \"+\"$today\"\n $body = \"The SharePoint Farm Backup Job failed on \"+\"$today and the reason for failure was $ErrorMessage.\"\n $smtpServer = \"192.168.0.0\"\n $smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)\n $smtp.Send($emailFrom, $emailTo, $subject, $body)\n }<\/pre>\nCleanup Script<\/h3>\n# Location of spbrtoc.xml\n$spbrtoc = \"\\YOURPATHspbrtoc.xml\"<\/pre>\n# Days of backup that will be remaining after backup cleanup.\n$days = 14<\/pre>\n# Load Backup File\n[xml]$sp = gc $spbrtoc<\/pre>\n# Find the old backups in spbrtoc.xml<\/pre>\n$old = $sp.SPBackupRestoreHistory.SPHistoryObject |? { [datetime]$_.SPStartTime -lt ((get-date).adddays(-$days)) }<\/pre>\n\n if ($old -eq $Null) { write-host \"$old and $date - No reports of backups older than $days days found in spbrtoc.xml.`nspbrtoc.xml isn't changed and no files are removed.`n\" ; break}\n \n # Delete the old backups from the Sharepoint backup report xml file \n $old | % { $sp.SPBackupRestoreHistory.RemoveChild($_) } \n \n # Save the new Sharepoint backup report xml file \n $sp.Save($spbrtoc) \n Write-host \"Backup(s) entries older than $days days are removed from spbrtoc.xml and harddisc.\" \n \n #Check if any error has occured and send an alert email if it did.\nif ($error[0])\n{\nWrite-Output \"An error has occurred\" | Out-File -FilePath C:temp<\/strong>backupsharepointfarm.log -Append;\nfor ($i=0; $i -le $error.count; $i++) {Write-Output $error[$i] | Out-File -FilePath C:temp<\/strong>backupsharepointfarm.log -Append}<\/pre>\n###First, the administrator must change the mail message values in this section\n$FromAddress = \"backupjob@yourserver.com\"\n$ToAddress = \"you@host.com\"\n$MessageSubject = \"Sharepoint Cleanup Failed.\"\n$MessageBody = \"The Sharepoint Server Cleanup Failed. Please check.\"\n$SendingServer = \"192.168.0.0\"<\/pre>\n###Create the mail message\n$SMTPMessage = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage $FromAddress, $ToAddress, $MessageSubject, $MessageBody<\/pre>\n###Send the message\n$SMTPClient = New-Object System.Net.Mail.SMTPClient $SendingServer\n$SMTPClient.Send($SMTPMessage)<\/pre>\n}<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Simple scripts that you can automate with the Task Scheduler to backup\/cleanup your Sharepoint 2010 farm with email notifications. Backup Script try { $today = (Get-Date -Format dd-MM-yyyy) #Location of the Backup Folder [IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory(“E:BackupDailyFarmBackUp$today”) # This will actually initiate the SPFarm backup. 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