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AbstractCollectionBase Class

ActivationExecutionContext Enumeration

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ArrayListCollectionBase Class

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AsyncStatus Class

AttachOptions Enumeration

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Backup Class

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BackupDevice Class

BackupDeviceCollection Class

BackupDeviceItem Class

BackupDeviceList Class

BackupDeviceType Enumeration

BackupRestoreBase Class

BackupRestoreBase.AsyncOperation Enumeration

BackupSetFlag Enumeration

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BackupTruncateLogType Enumeration

CatalogPopulationAction Enumeration

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DatabaseFile Class

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JobScheduleCollectionBase Class

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Language Class

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ResultFormat Enumeration

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ServerProxyAccount Class

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ServiceBrokerPayload Class

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Settings Class

ShrinkMethod Enumeration

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SmoApplication.SqlServerRegistrations Class

SmoCollectionBase Class

SmoEventArgs Class

SmoException Class

SmoExceptionType Enumeration

SmoObjectBase Class

SnapshotIsolationState Enumeration

SoapMethodCollectionBase Class

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SqlAssembly Class

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StoredProcedure Class

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SymmetricKey Class

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SymmetricKeyEncryption Class

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Synonym Class

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SystemDataType Class

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Table Class

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Urn Class

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UserDefinedFunctionParameter Class

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UserDefinedFunctionType Enumeration

UserDefinedMessage Class

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UserDefinedType Class

UserDefinedTypeCollection Class

UserDefinedTypeEvents Class

UserDefinedTypeFormat Enumeration

UserEvents Class

UserOptions Class

UserType Enumeration

VerifyCompleteEventArgs Class

VerifyCompleteEventHandler Delegate

View Class

ViewCollection Class

ViewEvent Class

ViewEvents Class

ViewEventSet Class

WindowsLoginAccessType Enumeration

WrongPropertyValueException Class

WsdlGeneratorOption Enumeration

XmlDocumentConstraint Enumeration

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XmlSchemaCollection Class

XmlSchemaCollectionCollection Class

XmlTypeDerivation Enumeration

XmlTypeKind Enumeration

XmlUtility Class

XPathException Class

XPathExceptionCode Enumeration

XPathExpression Class

XPathExpressionBlock Class

XsdSchemaOption Enumeration

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BackupDeviceType Enumeration

SQL Server 2005

The BackupDeviceType enumeration contains values that are used to specify the backup device type.

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

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public enum BackupDeviceType

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public enum BackupDeviceType

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public enum BackupDeviceType

Member name	Description
CDRom	Reserved for future use.
Disk	Device is a disk file created on the hard disk.
FloppyA	Device is a disk file created on the removable media in a floppy disk drive.
FloppyB	Device is a disk file create on the removable media in drive B
Pipe	Device is a named pipe.
Tape	Device is a tape drive.
Unknown	Device type is not valid.

The BackupDeviceType enumeration class is served by the BackupDevice class.

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

How to: Back Up Databases and Transaction Logs in Visual Basic .NET

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Reference

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

BACKUP (Transact-SQL)
RESTORE (Transact-SQL)
Backing Up and Restoring Databases in SQL Server

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