Sharepoint backup & restore using STSADM

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>cd C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microso
ft Shared\web server extensions\12\bin

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN>stsadm -o backup -url http://sharepoint:5555/ -filename chana.bak

///Chana.bak is the name back up file

Operation completed successfully.

//// get the file from ‘12\bin\’ folder in development machine

//// transfer to the SERVER & put into ‘12\bin\’

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN>stsadm -o restore -url http://sharepoint:5555/ -overwrite -filename chana.bak

Operation completed successfully.