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

Command line:

Using STSADM:

stsadm.exe -o addsolution -filename yoursolutionpackage.wsp

Using PowerShell:

Add-SPSolution -LiteralPath <SolutionPath>

Now here comes deployment part

• Deploy Solution using Central Administration
• Open Central Administration
• Go to System Settings
• Click on Manage farm solutions
• Select the solution from the list
• Select Deploy Solution and select the web application where you want to deploy it
• Click OK when you are done.
• Click Deploy Solution
• That’s all, we are done with deployment

Command line:

Using STSADM:

stsadm -o deploysolution -name yoursolutionpackagename.wsp -url http://sp-mach/ -local  -force

Using PowerShell:

Install-SPSolution -Identity <SolutionName> -WebApplication <URLname>

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:

SPWebApplication webApp = SPWebApplication.Lookup(new

Uri("http://servername"));

SPSiteCollection sites = webApp.Sites;

SPSite Site = null;

Site = sites.Add("http://hoster.contoso.com", "Site_Title",

"Site_Description", 1033, "STS#0", "contoso\owner",

"Owner_Display_Name", "Owner_Email", "contoso\secondaryowner,

"Secondary_Owner_Display_Name", "Secondary_Owner_Email", true);

SharePoint Server 2010 ships with a set of Web services for various user and administrative tasks. One of these administrative tasks is creating a new site collection. The CreateSite Web service method does not support the creation of host-named site collections. A workaround for this issue is to write a Web service that wraps the API sample code.

Ref: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc424952.aspx#section4

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Restore a Web application in SharePoint 2010 using Windows PowerShell

1. Open SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.
2. At the Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following command:

Restore-SPFarm -Directory <BackupFolderName> -RestoreMethod Overwrite -Item  <WebApplicationName> [-BackupId <GUID>] [-Verbose]

3.      If you do not specify the value of the BackupID parameter, the most recent backup will be used.

4.      You cannot restore a Web application by using a configuration-only backup.

5.      You can view the backups for the farm by typing the following

Get-SPBackupHistory -Directory <BackupFolderName> -ShowBackup

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>