I believe that the basic assumption that you have to put the database into a quiescent state to get a consistent backup is incorrect. I always thought that Firebird backups ran in a single long transaction meaning that nothing committed after the backup starts can be seen by the backup.
Louis Kleiman On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 8:16 AM, noelfrain <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > > In order to guarantee a 'live' DB is backed up in a consistant state, we > need to make sure it is quiesced at backup time. > We need to configure the Storagecraft ShadowProtect backup job to run a > pre-snapshot script that quiesces the Firebird Database, followed by a > post-snapshot script that brings the DB backup out of this state. > Can anyone provide these scripts or tell us where they could be downloaded. > The version of Firebird we are running is 1.5.2.4731 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Visit http://www.firebirdsql.org and click the Resources item on the main (top) menu. Try Knowledgebase and FAQ links ! Also search the knowledgebases at http://www.ibphoenix.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
