Appendix A. Command-Line Options

Despite the advances in the Central Administration graphical user interface, there are times when the command-line tool Stsadm.exe is either the most appropriate or the only way to accomplish certain tasks. For example, you can set the Indexing service logging levels, automate farm-level backups, or set the maximum [import|export] limits only by using Stsadm.exe. In addition, you can write administrative scripts that include several Stsadm.exe commands to automate processes.

Stsadm.exe is located in the 12 Hive's Bin directory, C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\Bin. A number of Stsadm.exe commands are included in this book. This appendix serves as a quick reference, presenting ...

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