Tips for Analyzing SharePoint Usage and Performance Diagnostics

Two recent posts on the SharePoint Team Blog I would like to examine more thoroughly when I have the chance...

1. Analyzing Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Usage.
   
   
2. SharePoint Diagnostics (SPDiag) Tool v1.0 for SharePoint Products and Technologies.

STSADM

The following sample stsadm commands are useful when working with Features and Solutions. The stsadm.exe application can be found at C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN\.

Deactivate a feature:
stsadm –o deactivatefeature –name wileyfeature–url http://sp2007dev/sitedirectory/wroxprosp2007teamsite

Uninstall a feature:
stsadm –o uninstallfeature –name wileyfeature

Add a solution to the Solution Store:
stsadm –o addsolution –filename c:\wsp\wileyfeature.wsp

Deploy a solution from the Solution Store:
stsadm –o deploysolution –name wileyfeature.wsp -immediate

Retract a solution from the Solution Store (do this before deleting the solution completely from the Solution Store – this is the opposite of the deploysolution switch):
stsadm –o retractsolution –name wileyfeature.wsp –immediate

Delete a solution from the Solution Store (do this only after retracting the solution from the web server – this is the opposite of the addsolution switch):
stsadm –o deletesolution –name wileyfeature.wsp

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