This topic lists and explains the operations you can perform with Stsadm.exe. For detailed information about the required and optional parameters, including short forms of the parameters, see Command-Line Parameters. For more information about using the command-line tool, see "Introducing the Administration Tools for Windows SharePoint Services" in the Windows SharePoint Services Administrator's Guide.

Note  To use stsadm.exe, you must be a member of the local Administrators group for the server computer.

You can also get a list of the command-line operations by typing stsadm.exe -help on the command line. Syntax help for specific operations is available by typing stsadm.exe -help <operation name>.

Operations in This Topic

addpath addtemplate adduser addwppack backup binddrservice createadminvs createsite createsiteinnewdb createweb deleteadminvs deleteconfigdb deletepath deletesite deletetemplate

deleteuser deleteweb deletewppack disablessc disablestsisapis email enablessc enablestsisapis enumroles enumsites enumsubwebs enumtemplates enumusers enumwppacks extendvs

extendvsinwebfarm getadminport getproperty removedrservice renameweb restore setadminport setconfigdb setproperty siteowner unextendvs uninstall upgrade userrole

addpath

Adds a defined path (inclusion or exclusion) to a virtual server. For more information, see Managing Paths.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url -type	<none>

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o addpath -url <url> 
  -type <exclusion/explicitinclusion/wildcardinclusion> 

addtemplate

Adds a site template to the template gallery.

Note  If you want the changes to the template list to take effect immediately, run the iisreset command after you run the addtemplate operation.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-filename -title	-description

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o addtemplate -filename <template filename> 
  -title <template title> [-description <template description>] 

adduser

Adds a user account to the specified site and assigns it to the specified site group. Use the siteadmin parameter to register the user as the site administrator.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url -userlogin -useremail -role -username	-siteadmin

Sample syntax:

 stsadm -o adduser -url <url> -userlogin <DOMAIN\username> 
  -useremail <someone@example.com> -role <site group name>
  -username <user's display name> [-siteadmin] 

addwppack

Adds a Web Part package to your server Web Part gallery. Use the globalinstall parameter to install the Web Parts in the global assembly cache (GAC) rather than in the Bin directories of each virtual server. Assemblies installed in the GAC are available to all applications on the server. The url parameter optionally specifies the URL of the virtual server on which to install the Web Parts. To install the Web Parts on every virtual server on a server, omit theurl parameter. Use the force parameter to overwrite an existing Web Part package with a new version, or to repair a Web Part package by reinstalling it. Use the lcid parameter to specify a language for the Web Part package.

Use filename to specify the path to the cabinet file containing the Web Parts and associated resources. If the Web Part package has already been installed on another server in a server farm configuration, you can install the Web Part package from the configuration database by using the name parameter.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
either -filename or -name	-url -globalinstall -force -lcid

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o addwppack -filename <Web Part Package filename> 
  [-url <url> -globalinstall -force -lcid <language>]
 

backup

Creates a backup of the site at the specified URL. Use the overwrite parameter to replace an existing backup file.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url -filename	-overwrite

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o backup -url <url> -filename <filename> [-overwrite] 

binddrservice

Registers a data retrieval service for the list of data retrieval services that pertain to a specific setting on the Data Retrieval Services Settings page. Specify the service name and then the setting. Settings include enabled, responsesize, timeout, and update.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-servicename -setting	<none>

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o binddrservice -servicename <service name> -setting <enabled/responsesize/timeout/update>
 

createadminvs

Creates the administration virtual server for Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. Use the admapid... parameters to create a new application pool for IIS, or to specify the application pool to use for the administration virtual server.

Note  This operation is intended for use by other products, and not by administrators of Windows SharePoint Services.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
<none>	-admapcreatenew -admapidname -admapidtype -admapidlogin -admapidpwd

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o createadminvs [-admapcreatenew] 
  [-admapidname <app pool id>] 
  [-admapiptype <configurableid/NetworkService/LocalService/LocalSystem>]
  [-admapidlogin <app pool user account>] [-admapidpwd <app pool password>] 

createsite

Creates a site at the specified URL with the specified user as owner and administrator. If you do not specify the template to use, the owner can choose the template when he or she first browses to the site.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url -ownerlogin -owneremail	-ownername -lcid -sitetemplate -title -description -quota

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o createsite -url <url> 
  -ownerlogin <DOMAIN\username> -owneremail <someone@example.com> 
  [-ownername <display name>] [-lcid <language>] 
  [-sitetemplate <site template>] [-title <title>]
  [-description <description>] [-quota <quota template>] 

Note  You must specify the -lcid option when using a non-English template.

createsiteinnewdb

Creates a site at the specified URL and creates a new content database with the username and password you specify. If you do not specify the template to use, the owner can choose the template when he or she first browses to the site.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url -ownerlogin -owneremail	-ownername -databaseuser -databasepassword -databaseserver -databasename -lcid -sitetemplate -title -description -secondarylogin -secondaryemail -secondaryname

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o createsiteinnewdb -url <url> 
  -ownerlogin <DOMAIN\username> -owneremail <someone@example.com> 
  [-ownername <owner's name>]
  [-databaseuser <databaseusername>] [-databasepassword <databasepassword> 
  [-databaseserver <databaseserver>] [-databasename <databasename>] 
  [-lcid <language>] [-sitetemplate <site template>] 
  [-title <title>] [-description <description>]  
  [-secondarylogin <DOMAIN\username>] [-secondaryemail <someone@example.com>]
  [-secondaryname <secondary owner's name>] 

Note  You must specify the -lcid option when using a non-English template.

createweb

Creates a subsite at the specified URL. If you do not specify the template to use, the owner can choose the template when he or she first browses to the site. Use the unique parameter to specify unique permissions for the subsite.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url	-lcid -sitetemplate -title -description -unique

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o createweb -url <url> [-lcid <language>] 
  [-sitetemplate <site template>] [-title <title>] 
  [-description <description>] -unique] 

Note  You must specify the -lcid option when using a non-English template.

deleteadminvs

Deletes the administration virtual server for Windows SharePoint Services.

Caution  This operation is intended for use by other products, and not by administrators of Windows SharePoint Services. If you delete the administrative virtual server for Windows SharePoint Services, you can no longer manage Windows SharePoint Services. This operation cannot be undone.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
<none>	<none>

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o deleteadminvs 

deleteconfigdb

Deletes the configuration database for Windows SharePoint Services.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
<none>	<none>

Sample syntax:

 stsadm -o deleteconfigdb 

deletepath

Removes an included or excluded path from the list of paths managed by Windows SharePoint Services.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url	<none>

Sample syntax:

 stsadm -o deletepath -url <url> 

deletesite

Deletes the specified site. To delete users from Active Directory directory services, specify true for the deleteadaccounts parameter.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url	<none>
-deleteadaccounts

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o deletesite -url <url> -deleteadaccounts <true/false> 

deletetemplate

Deletes the specified site template.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-title	-lcid

Sample syntax:

stsadm.exe -o deletetemplate -title <template title> [-lcid <language>] 

deleteuser

Deletes the specified user.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url -userlogin	<none>

Sample syntax:

 stsadm -o deleteuser -url <url> -userlogin <DOMAIN\username> 

deleteweb

Deletes the specified subsite.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url	<none>

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o deleteweb -url <url> 

deletewppack

Removes the Web Parts in a Web Part package from a virtual server. When you delete the last instance of a Web Parts package on a server or server farm, Stsadm.exe also deletes the Web Part package from the configuration database.

The parameter name specifies the name of the Web Part package. The parameter url optionally specifies the URL of the virtual server on which to delete the Web Parts. If url is omitted, Stsadm.exe deletes the Web Parts from the Bin folder of every virtual server on the server or from the global assembly cache.

Use the lcid parameter to remove a particular language version of a Web Part package.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-name	-url -lcid

Sample syntax:

 stsadm -o deletewppack -name <name of Web Part package> [-url <url> -lcid <language>] 

disablessc

Disables Self-Service Site Creation for the specified virtual server.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url	<none>

Sample syntax:

 stsadm -o disablessc -url <url> 

disablestsisapis

Disables the Windows SharePoint Services ISAPI extensions. This operation is used by the Setup program for Windows SharePoint Services.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
<none>	<none>

Sample syntax:

 stsadm -o disablestsisapis 

email

Sets the e-mail configuration settings for your server, or for a specific virtual server (when you use the url parameter).

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-outsmtpserver -fromaddress -replytoaddress -codepage	-url

Sample syntax:

stsadm.exe -o email -outsmtpserver <SMTP server> 
  -fromaddress <someone@example.com> -replytoaddress <someone@example.com> 
  -codepage <codepage> [-url <url>] 

enablessc

Enables Self-Service Site Creation for the specified virtual server.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url	-requiresecondarycontact

Sample syntax:

 stsadm -o enablessc -url <url> [-requiresecondarycontact] 

enablestsisapis

Enables the Windows SharePoint Services ISAPI extensions. This operation is used by the Setup program for Windows SharePoint Services.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
<none>	<none>

Sample syntax:

 stsadm -o enablestsisapis 

enumroles

Lists the site groups that are available for use in a particular site or subsite.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url	<none>

Sample syntax:

 stsadm -o enumroles -url <URL> 

enumsites

Lists all of the sites that have been created under a particular virtual server. The url parameter must be the URL of a virtual server.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url	<none>

Sample syntax:

 stsadm -o enumsites -url <URL> 

enumsubwebs

Lists the subsites that have been created under a particular site.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url	<none>

Sample syntax:

 stsadm -o enumsubwebs -url <URL> 

enumtemplates

Lists the site templates that are available.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
<none>	-lcid

Sample syntax:

stsadm.exe -o enumtemplates [-lcid <language>] 

enumusers

Lists the users of a particular site or subsite.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url	<none>

Sample syntax:

stsadm.exe -o enumusers -url <url> 

enumwppacks

Lists the Web Part Packages currently in your server Web Part gallery.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
<none>	-name -url

Sample syntax:

 stsadm -o enumwppacks [-name <name of Web Part Package>]
   [-url <URL>]  

extendvs

Extends a virtual server with Windows SharePoint Services and creates a new content database.

Note  Extending a virtual server creates a site but does not require the createsite parameter. Use the donotcreatesite parameter if you do not want to create a site when you extend the virtual server.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url -ownerlogin -owneremail	-ownername -databaseuser (du) -databaseserver (ds) -databasename (dn) -databasepassword (dp) -lcid -sitetemplate -donotcreatesite -apcreatenew -apidname -apidtype -apidlogin -apidpwd

Sample syntax:

 stsadm -o extendvs -url <url> -ownerlogin <DOMAIN\username> 
  -owneremail <someone@example.com> [-ownername <display name>] 
  [-du <database user>] [-ds <database server>] [-dn <database name>] 
  [-dp <database user password>][-lcid <lcid>] [-sitetemplate <site template>]
  [-donotcreatesite] [-apcreatenew] [-apidname <app pool name>]
  [-apidtype <configurableid/NetworkService/LocalService/LocalSystem>] 
  [-apidlogin <DOMAIN\username>]
  [-apidpwd <app pool password>] 

extendvsinwebfarm

Extend a virtual server with Windows SharePoint Services for use in a server farm. This operation does not create a new content database, but allows you to connect to an existing virtual server (vsname) and use the same content database.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url -vsname	-apcreatenew -apidname -apidtype -apidlogin -apidpwd

Sample syntax:

 stsadm -o extendvsinwebfarm -url <url> -vsname <virtual server name>
  [-apcreatenew] [-apidname <app pool name>]
  [-apidtype <configurableid/NetworkService/LocalService/LocalSystem>] 
  [-apidlogin <DOMAIN\username>]
  [-apidpwd <app pool password>] 

getadminport

Returns the administration port for Windows SharePoint Services.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
<none>	<none>

Sample syntax:

 stsadm -o getadminport 

getproperty

Returns the property value for the specified property name. For a list of valid properties, see Command-Line Properties.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-propertyname (pn)	-url

Sample syntax:

 stsadm -o getproperty -pn <property name> [-url <url>] 

removedrservice

Removes a data retrieval service from the list of data retrieval services that pertain to a specific setting on the Data Retrieval Services Settings pages. Specify the service name, and then the setting. Settings include enabled, responsesize, timeout, and update.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-servicename -setting	<none>

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o removedrservice -servicename <service name> -setting <enabled/responsesize/timeout/update>
 

renameweb

Renames the specified subsite.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url -newname

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o renameweb -url <url> -newname <new subsite name> 

restore

Restores a Web site from a backup file. Use the overwrite parameter to replace any existing Web site at the new location.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url -filename	-overwrite

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o restore -url <url> -filename <filename> [-overwrite] 

setadminport

Sets the port number for the administration virtual server for Windows SharePoint Services. Use the ssl parameter to specify a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connection to the port. Use the admap... parameters to specify the IIS application pool to use or to create a new IIS application pool for the administration virtual server.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-port	-ssl -admapcreatenew -admapidname -admapidtype -admapidlogin -admapidpwd

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o setadminport -port <port> [-ssl]
  [-admapcreatenew] [-admapidname <app pool id>] 
  [-admapiptype <configurableid/NetworkService/LocalService /LocalSystem>]
  [-admapidlogin <app pool user account>] [-admapidpwd <app pool password>] 

setconfigdb

Creates the configuration database or specifies the connection to an existing configuration database. Setting the configuration database is required before a virtual server can be extended.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-databaseserver (ds)	-connect -databaseuser (du) -databasepassword (dp) -databasename (dn) -hh -adcreation -addomain -adou

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o setconfigdb [-connect] -ds <database server> 
  [-du <database user>] [-dp <database user password>] [-dn <database name>]
  [-hh] [-adcreation] [-addomain <AD domain> [-adou <AD OU>] 

setproperty

Sets the specified property with the specified value. Use the url property to specify a virtual server or site collection to apply the property to, or omit the url parameter to apply the property at the server or server farm level. For a list of valid properties, see Command-Line Properties.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-propertyname (pn) -propertyvalue (pv)	-url

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o setproperty -pn <property name>
  -pv <property value> [-url <url>] 

siteowner

Sets the owner or secondary owner of a site collection. Either the ownerlogin or secondownerlogin parameter must be used.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url either -ownerlogin or -secondownerlogin

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o siteowner -url <url>   [-ownerlogin <DOMAIN\username> | -secondownerlogin <DOMAIN\username>]  

unextendvs

Removes Windows SharePoint Services from a particular virtual server. Use the deletecontent parameter to delete the content databases for the virtual server.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url	-deletecontent

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o unextendvs -url <url> [-deletecontent] 

uninstall

Uninstalls Windows SharePoint Services from the default virtual server at port 80. Any other virtual servers that were extended with Windows SharePoint Services will not be unextended. Uninstall removes the Windows SharePoint Services ISAPI extensions and any virtual directories or other files from the virtual server. It does not delete the content databases unless you include the deletecontent parameter. This operation is used by the Setup program for Windows SharePoint Services.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
<none>	-deletecontent

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o uninstall [-deletecontent] 

upgrade

Upgrades the server or the specified virtual server with Windows SharePoint Services. This operation is used by the Setup program for Windows SharePoint Services.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
<none>	-url

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o upgrade [-url <url>] 

userrole

Specifies the site group membership for a user. Use the add and delete parameters to specify whether to add the user to a site group or remove the user from a site group.

Required parameters	Optional parameters
-url -userlogin -role	-add -delete

Sample syntax:

 stsadm.exe -o userrole -url <url> -userlogin <DOMAIN\username> 
  -role <site group name> [-add] [-delete]