On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 07:43:29 +0100, "Jardar Maatje [email protected] [firebird-support]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi again, > > Sounds like a reasonable cause for the problem. So now is my question, what > is the best way to upgrade. > My current setup is as follows: > I have two databases, one for raw data (RAW), and the second one for > decoded data (MAIN). I need to keep the RAW db with as high availability as > possible (or we will loose incoming data). For the MAIN db I have more > slack regarding downtime (weekends/nights). They both have ODS version > 11.2. > > The best would be if I could upgrade to the latest version (2.5.4) of the > server db without the need to do backup/restore as this takes a lot of > time.
You will need to backup and restore or at least rebuild the indexes, see the release notes for 2.5.3: http://www.firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/release_notes/html/rlsnotes254.html#notes-253 Mark
