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Backup.MediaDescription Property

Gets or sets a textual description of the medium that contains a backup set.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property MediaDescription As String
public string MediaDescription { get; set; }
public:
property String^ MediaDescription {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}
/** @property */
public String get_MediaDescription ()

/** @property */
public void set_MediaDescription (String value)
public function get MediaDescription () : String

public function set MediaDescription (value : String)

Property Value

A String value that contains a textual description of the medium.

Remarks

The MediaDescription is written to a tape medium when the medium is initialized.

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Example

How to: Back Up Databases and Transaction Logs in Visual Basic .NET

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

Backup Class
Backup Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Backing Up and Restoring Databases in SQL Server
BACKUP (Transact-SQL)