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Backup SharePoint Solutions Using PowerShell

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Requirement

We need to export all our solutions from Test Environment to Production Farm.
We need to have a Solutions back up folder in both the farm

Environment

SharePoint 2010
PowerShell 2.0
Windows 2008 R2

Solution

We can achieve this using PowerShell

help Get-Location -Examples

help Set-Location -Examples

help Get-SPFarm -Examples

help New-Item -Examples

Code

<#

.Synopsis

   SharePoint 2010 farm Solutions Back up

.DESCRIPTION

   This Script will help SP Admins to back up all WSP files in Folder as a backup.

   We can deploy directly from the back up or can be used as required.

.EXAMPLE

   Backup-SPSolutions -FolderPath C:\Temp -FolderName 'SPFarmSolutions'

.Contact

   chendrayan.exchange@hotmail.com

#>

function Backup-SPSolutions

{

    [CmdletBinding()]

    Param

    (

        # Provide Folder path to create a Back up folder

        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,

                   helpmessage="Enter the valid path",

                   Position=0)]

        [System.String]

        $FolderPath,

        # name the back up folder eg: SPFarmSolutionsBackup

        [System.String]

        $FolderName

    )

    Begin

    {

        Write-Host "Backing Up SharePoint Farm Solutions..." -ForegroundColor Yellow 

        New-Item $FolderPath\$FolderName -ItemType Directory -Force  

        Set-Location $FolderPath\$FolderName

        Start-Sleep 2

    }

    Process

    {

        (Get-SPFarm).Solutions | %{$Solutions = (Get-Location).Path + â€œ\â€ + $_.Name; $_.SolutionFile.SaveAs($Solutions)}  

    }

    End

    {

        Write-Host "SharePoint Farm Solutions are backed up...." -ForegroundColor Yellow

        Invoke-Item $FolderPath\$FolderName

    }

}

Backup-SPSolutions -FolderPath C:\Temp -FolderName 'SPFarmSolutions'

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