> > I was simply trying to say, that I even with my history with the utility, I > have a nagging feeling that nbackup could be better. So, I am not sure if > nbackup is worthy of the official blessing that "fb_backup" conveys. > > I know that I had problems with Nbackup when I tried it with our system. > I got some transaction commit error. Don't recall exactly what it was, and I > never found time to investigate it further. It happened when the database > was "locked" in nbackup terms, regardless of copy in progress or not. And it > was on FB 2.0 I believe.
There were problems with nbackup at several times, especially in the early FB versions. In recent times, though, a number of fixes have been applied to significantly improve its reliability and interaction with the engine. Sean ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel