Thank you, I used the gbak to run the backup and that worked.
Art From: Alexandre Benson Smith Sent: Friday, March 7, 2014 2:09 PM To: [email protected] Em 7/3/2014 14:13, Art McCabe escreveu: I am trying to make a backup of our database that is on a Unix box, from my windows computer. I have used: Firebird Maestro, IP Firebird Database Manager, Firebird SQL Studio. I am not sure if I am doing something wrong, or just not possible. When I run the backup from these tools, and select the database and final location and press start, it looks like it is going thru a backup process, but the fbk file is not created on my computer. I am new to firebird and the GUI Tools that may be available. Any assistance is appreciated. Art I don't know any of these tools... But I strongly suggest that you use the native firebird applications use gbak for back-up (it's on the installation directory under the bin folder) the most simple way is: gbak IP_OF_THE_SERVER:NAME_OF_YOUR_DATABASE NAME_OF_BACKUP_FILE -user sysdba -password masterkey -v of course change the password for the one you defined. the -v switch is optional, but I think it will hep you once it will show the progress see you !
