Backup-SPSite : Object reference not set to an instance of an object

Praveenkumar.p on Mon, 13 Jun 2016 13:02:43

Hi Friends,

Im facing an issue while taking backup of a particular site collection.

C:\Users\Admin> Backup-SPSite -Identity http://sharepoint:1234/ -Path "C:\TestSite.bak"

when executing this command im facing the following issue.

Backup-SPSite : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
At line:1 char:1
+ Backup-SPSite -Identity http://sharepoint:1234/ -Path "C:\TestSite.bak"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (Microsoft.Share...mdletBackupSite:
   SPCmdletBackupSite) [Backup-SPSite], NullReferenceException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell.SPCmdletBackupSi
   te

Backup-SPSite : Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
At line:1 char:1
+ Backup-SPSite -Identity http://sharepoint:1234/ -Path "C:\TestSite.bak"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Backup-SPSite], NullReference
   Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.NullReferenceException,Microsoft.SharePoi
   nt.PowerShell.SPCmdletBackupSite

Notes:

* Im taking backup as site collection administrator

* For this particular contentDB the user have the permission.

Please anyone suggest any ideas.

Thanks in advance