Restore a site collection

Restore a sitecollection.


----------------------EXAMPLE 1----------------------

Restore-SPSite http://server_name/sites/site_name

 -Path C:\Backup\site_name.bak

This example restores a site collection from the backup file C:\Backup\site_name.bak to the site collection URL http://server_name/sites/site_name.
----------------------EXAMPLE 2----------------------

Restore-SPSite http://server_name/sites/site_name

 -Path C:\Backup\site_name.bak

 -Force -DatabaseServer SQLBE1 -DatabaseName SQLDB1

This example restores a site collection backup from the backup file C:\Backup\site_name.bak, but overwrites the existing site collection at http://server_name/sites/site_name while specifying that the site collection must be stored in a specific content database.
----------------------EXAMPLE 3----------------------

Restore-SPSite http://www.example.com

 -Path \\file_server\share\site_name.bak

 -HostHeaderWebApplication http://server_name

This example restores a site collection backup from the backup file

\\file_server\share\site_name.bak to the host-named site collection http://www.example.com on the Web application http://server_name.