PowerShell commands for SharePoint 2010

To access power shell go to Start -> All Programs ->  Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products 
and the click on SharePoint 2010 Management Shell. You should have proper permission to use execute powershell cmdlets or commands.

Here I am providing some examples:
Get-SPFarm:
When you type this and press enter, it will give you the farm name and status wether it is online or offline.

Get-spwebapplication:
It will give you the displayname of list of web applications and there URL.
Get-spwebapplication -includecentraladministration:
This will give display name of list of web applications as well as the name of the central administartion and there corresponding URL.

Get-SPSite:
Returns all site collections.
Get-SPSite http://site-name/

This will give you all the sites from the given URL.

Add-SPSolution:
Add-SPSolution -LiteralPath [Path of WSP file]:
This will adds a SharePoint solution package to the farm.

Install-SPSolution:
Install-SPSolution -Identity [WSP file name] -GACDeployment:
This will deploys an installed SharePoint solution in the farm.

Add-SPUserSolution:
Add-SPUserSolution -LiteralPath [WSP file path] -Site http://yoursitename
The Add-SPUserSolution cmdlet uploads a new sandboxed solution package to the solution gallery.

Install-SPUserSolution:
Install-SPUserSolution -Identity [wspfilename] -Site http://yoursitename
The Install-SPUserSolution cmdlet activates a sandboxed solution in a site collection.

Install-SPFeature:
This cmdlet will Installs a SharePoint Feature by using the Feature.xml file.
Install-SPFeature -path "MyTestFeature"

Install-SPWebPartPack:
This will Install the specified Web Part package to the specified location
Install-SPWebPartPack "MyCustomWebPartPack" -LiteralPath "path of wpp" -GlobalInstall
GlobalInstall means it will install in GAC.

Install-SPWebTemplate:
This will install a site template.
Install-SPWebTemplate –path "template file path" –name "My Custom Template" –description "Test site template"

Get-SPServer:
It will return the list of servers.
Get-SPServer

Get-SPLogEvent:
Returns results from a Unified Logging Service (ULS) trace log
Get-SPLogEvent -MinimumLevel "Warning"

Get-SPDatabase:
It will give us all the properties of database.
Get-SPDatabase –ServerInstance "Bijay\SharePoint"

Backup-SPSite:
Perform a back up of a site collection.

Backup-SPSite [Site URL] -Path C:\Backup\siteback.bak

1.Backup and Restore in SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell

how to take an Backup/Restore of SharePoint Site Collection

Go to  Start->All Program-> Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products->open SharePoint 2010 Management Shell

Backup a Site collection with PowerShell command:

Backup-SPSite -Identity http://myserver -Path "c:\backup\file.bak"

Restore a Site Collection with PowerShell command:

To restore site collection you’ll use the following command. Use –Force if you want to overwrite the existing site collection

Restore-SPSite -Identity http://myserver -Path "c:\backup\file.bak"

2.Deploy SharePoint 2010 solution(.wsp) package using Powershell

Follow below steps:

Step1:  Start Power Shell command prompt

Start->All Programs->MicrosoftSharepoint2010Products->open Sharepoint2010Managementshell

Type the command

Step2:  Add Solution Package

Add-SPSolution “C:\SharePoint2010Solution.wsp”

Step3:  Install Solution Package

Install-SPSolution –Identity SharePoint2010Solution.wsp –WebApplication http://myserver –GACDeployment

If you are using Sandbox Solution,

Step4: Install Solution Package

Install-SPUserSolution –Identity SharePoint2010Solution.wsp     –WebApplication http://myserver  –GACDeployment

For Updating the Sharepoint 2010 Solution type the following commands

Step5: Update Solution Package

Update-SPSolution –Identity SharePoint2010Solution.wsp –LiteralPath “C:\SharePoint2010Solution.wsp” –GacDeployment

For retract and remove a solution, type the following commands:

Step 6: Uninstall Solution Package

Uninstall-SPSolution –Identity MySharePointSolution.wsp –WebApplication    http://myserver

Step7: Remove Solution Package

Remove-SPSolution–Identity MySharePointSolution.wsp

Production :

These steps are required: (in PowerShell)

ADA

A - Add - Add-SPSolution

D - Deploy - Install-SPSolution - GACDeployment - AllWebApplications

A - Activate - /_layouts/newdwp.aspx

Then, to update: Update-SPSolution -GACDeployment

3.Powershell command to install activate feature SharePoint 2010

Powershell commands to:

- Install Feature:

Install-SPFeature FeatureFolderName 

Here FeatureFolderName folder must be presented inside C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\FEATURES directory.

- Activate/Enable Feature:

Enable-SPFeature FeatureFolderName -Url http://ur-site-url

- Disable Feature:

Disable-SPFeature FeatureFolderName -Url http://ur-site-url

Here FeatureFolderName folder must be presented inside C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\FEATURES directory.

- Uninstall Feature:

Uninstall-SPFeature FeatureFolderName

Here FeatureFolderName folder must be presented inside C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\TEMPLATE\FEATURES directory.

4.Get System Accounts using PowerShell

Description:

SPProcessAccount helps us to get all the system accounts like LocalSystem account, LocalService account and NetworkService account.

Get-SPProcessAccount:

This command will retrieve all the above accounts.

But if you want to retrieve indivisually then we have to follow below commands:

LocalSystem account:

Get-SPProcessAccount –LocalSystem

LocalService account:

Get-SPProcessAccount -LocalService

NetworkService account:

Get-SPProcessAccount –NetworkService

5.PowerShell commands for SharePoint database

  Commands to see all databases:

Get-SPDatabase

The above command will return all databases.

If you want to retrieve  a particular databse then follow below command:

Get-SPDatabase-Identity <GUID>

Cmdlet to get all the web applications:

Get-SPWebApplication

Command to create new content database:

New-SPContentDatabase –Name ContentDBName –WebApplication "Web Application URL"

Cmdlet to retrieve all content database for a particular web application:

Get-SPContentDatabase –WebApplication "Web Application URL"

Get-SPContentDatabase –WebApplication "http://bsahoo3:2600/"

Cmdlets to Attach a Content Database to a Web Application:

Mount-SPContentDatabase –Name "ContentDBName" –WebApplication "Web Application URL"

Cmdlet to Delete a Content Database:

Remove-SPContentDatabase "ContentDBName"

Cmdlet to Create a New Configuration Database:

New-SPConfigurationDatabase –DatabaseName NewConfigurationDBName –DatabaseServer "Database Server name"

Cmdlet to Delete a Configuration Database:

Remove-SPConfigurationDatabase

This command will delete the current configuration database.

Cmdlet to take backup of a configuration database:

Backup-SPConfigurationDatabase –Directory C:\DatabaseBackUp

Cmdlet to take restore of a configuration database:

Restore-SPFarm –Directory C:\DatabaseBackUp

Cmdlet to Back Up the SharePoint Farm:

Backup-SPFarm –BackupMethod Full –Directory C:\FarmBackup

Full means it will take backup of the entire farm.

Cmdlet to Restore the SharePoint Farm:

Restore-SPFarm –Directory C:\FarmBackup –RestoreMethod Overwrite

Cmdlet to Back Up a Site Collection:

Backup-SPSite –Identity "http://Site Collection URL"–Path C:\SiteCollectionBackup\MySiteCollection.bak

Cmdlet to Restore a Site Collection

Restore-SPSite –Identity "http://Site Collection URL"–Path C:\SiteCollectionBackup\MySiteCollection.bak –Force