Adding and Deploying Solutions in SharePoint 2010

Adding and Deploying Solutions in SharePoint 2010

How we can add solutions in SharePoint 2010 ?

We can add solution via common line using either STSADM or PowerShell command while solution deployment can be done either via Central Admin or using STSADM or PowerShell

Uninstallation and Retraction of a Solution in SharePoint 2010

Uninstallation and Retraction of a Solution in SharePoint 2010

Using STSADM:

stsadm -o retractsolution -name solutionName.wsp -immediate

stsadm -o deletesolution -name solutionName.wsp

Using PowerShell:

Uninstall-SPSolution -identity solutionName.wsp

Remove-SPSolution -identity solutionName.wsp

Programmatically create a host-named site collection

In addition to using the Windows PowerShell to create host-named sites, you can use the SharePoint Server 2010 object model. The following code sample creates the host-named site collection with the URL http://host.header.site.url in the SharePoint Server 2010 Web application with the URL http://servername:

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How to restore content database using PowerShell in SharePoint 2010 ?

To restore a content database by using Windows PowerShell

1. Open SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.
2. At the Windows PowerShell command prompt (that is, PS C:\>), type the following command, and then press ENTER:

Restore-SPFarm -Directory <Backup folder name> -RestoreMethod Overwrite -Item <Content database name> [-BackupId <GUID>] [-Verbose]

3.      If you do not use the BackupId parameter, the most recent backup will be used. To view a list of the backups, including their Backup IDs, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

Get-SPBackupHistory -Directory <Backup folder>