How to backup Sharepoint Services 3.0

Back up a server farm by using the Stsadm command-line tool

1. On the drive on which SharePoint Products and Technologies is installed, change to the following directory.
%COMMONPROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft shared\Web server extensions\12\Bin.

example:
c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN>


2. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:
stsadm -o backup -directory <\\server name\folder name> -backupmethod full

example:
stsadm -o backup -directory \\portal\backup -backupmethod full

If the backup completes successfully, the command window displays the following text:


Completed with 0 warnings.
Completed with 0 errors.
Backup completed successfully.
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Operation completed successfully.