BackupDeviceItem Class
The BackupDeviceItem object provides programmatic access to named SQL Server backup devices.
Inheritance Hierarchy
System.Object
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.BackupDeviceItem
Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended (in Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Class BackupDeviceItem _
Implements IComparable
'Usage
Dim instance As BackupDeviceItem
public class BackupDeviceItem : IComparable
public ref class BackupDeviceItem : IComparable
type BackupDeviceItem =
class
interface IComparable
end
public class BackupDeviceItem implements IComparable
The BackupDeviceItem type exposes the following members.
Constructors
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BackupDeviceItem() | Initializes a new instance of the BackupDeviceItem class. |
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BackupDeviceItem(String, DeviceType) | Initializes a new instance of the [BackupDeviceItem] class that has the specified name and kind of device. |
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Properties
| Name | Description | |
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DeviceType | Gets the kind of device for the BackupDeviceItem object. |
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Name | Gets the name of device for the BackupDeviceItem object. |
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Methods
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CompareTo | Verifies whether the specified object shares the same name as the referenced BackupDeviceItem object. |
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Equals | Determines whether the current object is the same as the specified object. (Overrides Object.Equals(Object).) |
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Finalize | (Inherited from Object.) |
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GetHashCode | Gets the hash code for the object. (Overrides Object.GetHashCode().) |
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GetType | (Inherited from Object.) |
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MemberwiseClone | (Inherited from Object.) |
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ToString | (Inherited from Object.) |
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Operators
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Equality | Determines whether two objects are equal by performing an equality operation on two BackupDeviceItem objects. |
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GreaterThan | Determines whether one object is greater than another by performing an operation on two BackupDeviceItem objects. |
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Inequality | Determines whether two objects are unequal by performing an inequality operation on two BackupDeviceItem objects. |
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LessThan | Determines whether one object is less than another by performing an operation on two BackupDeviceItem objects. |
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Remarks
With the BackupDeviceItem object, you can do the following:
Access the backup device by name.
Verify whether two named backup devices are the same.
Examples
Backing Up and Restoring Databases and Transaction Logs
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.
See Also
Reference
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace