| Author | Chrissy LeMaire (@cl), netnerds.net |
| Availability | Windows, Linux, macOS |
Want to see the source code for this command? Check out Copy-DbaBackupDevice on GitHub.
Want to see the Bill Of Health for this command? Check out Copy-DbaBackupDevice.
Copies backup devices one by one. Copies both SQL code and the backup file itself.
Backups are migrated using Admin shares. If the destination directory does not exist, SQL Server's default backup directory will be used.
If a backup device with same name exists on destination, it will not be dropped and recreated unless -Force is used.
Copy-DbaBackupDevice
[-Source] <DbaInstanceParameter>
[[-SourceSqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
[-Destination] <DbaInstanceParameter[]>
[[-DestinationSqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
[[-BackupDevice] <Object[]>]
[-Force]
[-EnableException]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]
PS C:\> Copy-DbaBackupDevice -Source sqlserver2014a -Destination sqlcluster
Copies all server backup devices from sqlserver2014a to sqlcluster using Windows credentials. If backup devices with the same name exist on sqlcluster, they will be skipped.
PS C:\> Copy-DbaBackupDevice -Source sqlserver2014a -Destination sqlcluster -BackupDevice backup01 -SourceSqlCredential $cred -Force
Copies only the backup device named backup01 from sqlserver2014a to sqlcluster using SQL credentials for sqlserver2014a and Windows credentials for sqlcluster. If a backup device with the same
name exists on sqlcluster, it will be dropped and recreated because -Force was used.
PS C:\> Copy-DbaBackupDevice -Source sqlserver2014a -Destination sqlcluster -WhatIf -Force
Shows what would happen if the command were executed using force.
Source SQL Server. You must have sysadmin access and server version must be SQL Server version 2000 or higher.
| Alias | |
| Required | True |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
Destination SQL Server. You must have sysadmin access and the server must be SQL Server 2000 or higher.
| Alias | |
| Required | True |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
Login to the target instance using alternative credentials. Accepts PowerShell credentials (Get-Credential).
Windows Authentication, SQL Server Authentication, Active Directory - Password, and Active Directory - Integrated are all supported.
For MFA support, please use Connect-DbaInstance.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
Login to the target instance using alternative credentials. Accepts PowerShell credentials (Get-Credential).
Windows Authentication, SQL Server Authentication, Active Directory - Password, and Active Directory - Integrated are all supported.
For MFA support, please use Connect-DbaInstance.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
BackupDevice to be copied. Auto-populated list of devices. If not provided all BackupDevice(s) will be copied.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
If this switch is enabled, backup device(s) will be dropped and recreated if they already exists on destination.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value | False |
By default, when something goes wrong we try to catch it, interpret it and give you a friendly warning message.
This avoids overwhelming you with "sea of red" exceptions, but is inconvenient because it basically disables advanced scripting.
Using this switch turns this "nice by default" feature off and enables you to catch exceptions with your own try/catch.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value | False |
If this switch is enabled, no actions are performed but informational messages will be displayed that explain what would happen if the command were to run.
| Alias | wi |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
If this switch is enabled, you will be prompted for confirmation before executing any operations that change state.
| Alias | cf |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |