BackupDirectory Class

Article
10/10/2016

Contains methods and properties that can be used to query Group Policy object (GPO) backups or Starter GPO backups from a directory.

Namespace: Microsoft.GroupPolicy
Assembly: Microsoft.GroupPolicy.Management (in Microsoft.GroupPolicy.Management.dll)

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.GroupPolicy.BackupDirectory

Syntax

public class BackupDirectory

public ref class BackupDirectory

type BackupDirectory = class end

Public Class BackupDirectory

Constructors

	Name	Description
	BackupDirectory(String, BackupType)	Initializes a new instance of the BackupDirectory class.

Properties

	Name	Description
	BackupType	Gets the type of backups that can be retrieved.
	Directory	Gets the full path of the file system directory from which backups can be retrieved.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetGpoBackup(Guid)	Retrieves the Group Policy object (GPO) backup that has the specified backup ID (GUID).
	GetHashCode()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetStarterGpoBackup(Guid)	Retrieves the Starter Group Policy object (GPO) backup with the specified backup ID (GUID).
	GetType()	(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone()	(Inherited from Object.)
	SearchGpoBackups(GPSearchCriteria)	Searches the directory for Group Policy object (GPO) backups.
	SearchStarterGpoBackups(GPSearchCriteria)	Searches the directory for Starter Group Policy object (GPO) backups.
	ToString()	(Inherited from Object.)

Remarks

When you create a BackupDirectory object, you specify the path to the directory that contains the backups, and whether the BackupDirectory object can be used for GPOs or for Starter GPOs.

This class wraps the IGPMBackupDir COM interface.

Thread Safety

Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.