BackupDevice.PhysicalLocation Property

Gets or sets the path to the device or operating system file that represents the physical backup location.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property PhysicalLocation As String

public string PhysicalLocation { get; set; }

public:
property String^ PhysicalLocation {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

/** @property */
public String get_PhysicalLocation ()

/** @property */
public void set_PhysicalLocation (String value)

public function get PhysicalLocation () : String

public function set PhysicalLocation (value : String)

Property Value

A String value that contains the full path to the physical location of the backup device. By default, the value is an empty string.

Remarks

The PhysicalLocation property is a string with a maximum of 260 characters.

Specify an operating system file or tape using a UNC string. For example, the string \\Seattle1\Backups\Northwind.bak specifies a server name, directory, and file name for a backup device. The string \\.\TAPE0 specifies a server and a file device, most likely a tape, as a backup device.

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

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

Other Resources

Backing Up and Restoring Databases in SQL Server
Backup Devices