How to backup a SharePoint solutions with PowerShell

Requirement

• We need to export all our solutions from Test Environment to Production Farm.
• We need to have a Solutions back up folder in both the farm

Environment

• SharePoint 2010
• PowerShell 2.0
• Windows 2008 R2

Solution

PowerShell

<# 
.Synopsis 
   SharePoint 2010 farm Solutions Back up 
.DESCRIPTION 
   This Script will help SP Admins to back up all WSP files in Folder as a backup. 
   We can deploy directly from the back up or can be used as required. 
.EXAMPLE 
   Backup-SPSolutions -FolderPath C:\Temp -FolderName 'SPFarmSolutions' 
.Contact 
   chendrayan.exchange@hotmail.com 
#> 
 
Begin 
    { 
        Write-Host "Backing Up SharePoint Farm Solutions..." -ForegroundColor Yellow  
        New-Item $FolderPath\$FolderName -ItemType Directory -Force   
        Set-Location $FolderPath\$FolderName 
        Start-Sleep 2 
          
    } 
     
    Process 
    { 
        (Get-SPFarm).Solutions | %{$Solutions = (Get-Location).Path + "\" + $_.Name; $_.SolutionFile.SaveAs($Solutions)}   
    } 
    End 
    { 
        Write-Host "SharePoint Farm Solutions are backed up...." -ForegroundColor Yellow 
        Invoke-Item $FolderPath\$FolderName 
    }

Download : Backup SharePoint Solutions Using PowerShell