I am looking for a way to see what the STSADM script would look like compare to the Centeral Administrator console. From this page: Central Administration > Operations > Perform a Backup > Start Backup - Step 2 of 2: Select Backup Options Is there anywhere I can find what options that I can use to run the backup with the STSADM? I am only needing to backup the 'FARM\Windows Sharepoint Service Search' as we are using BackupExec 11D and the Sharepoint agent to do a granular backup. Though the backup do not properly restart the search service. I want to be able to script the backup of the Search service as that is their work around to get the service running again other then restarted the server.

Oops...they are pretty much the same...but here is the article specific to WSS 3.0 rather than the SharePoint 2007 version of it: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287967%28office.12%29.aspxJD Wade, MCITP SharePoint Consultant, Horizons Consulting, Inc. Blog: http://wadingthrough.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/jdwade