Server.BackupDevices Property

Represents a collection of BackupDevice objects. Each BackupDevice object represents a backup device defined on the instance of SQL Server.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny,  _
    GetType(BackupDevice))> _
Public ReadOnly Property BackupDevices As BackupDeviceCollection 
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Server 
Dim value As BackupDeviceCollection 

value = instance.BackupDevices

[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny, 
    typeof(BackupDevice))]
public BackupDeviceCollection BackupDevices { get; }

[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship::ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality::ZeroToAny, 
    typeof(BackupDevice))]
public:
property BackupDeviceCollection^ BackupDevices {
    BackupDeviceCollection^ get ();
}

[<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny, 
    typeof(BackupDevice))>]
member BackupDevices : BackupDeviceCollection

function get BackupDevices () : BackupDeviceCollection

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.BackupDeviceCollection
A BackupDeviceCollection object that represents all the backup devices defined on the instance of SQL Server.

Remarks

A tape drive or disk drive that is used in a backup or restore operation is referred to as a backup device. When you create backups, you must select a backup device to write the data on. For more information, see Backup Devices (SQL Server).

See Also

Reference

Server Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Using Collections

Backing Up and Restoring Databases and Transaction Logs

Managing Servers