Not sure it helps, but I once had my FB backup schedule service stop working after a server software update. It was a Windows server, though, so not sure it applies here. Just something else to think about.
Woody (TMW) From: mailto:[email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 3:36 PM To: firebird support Subject: Re: [firebird-support] gbak error no, not a file name collision and plenty of disk space this just started happening, no change to installed s/w Nick Upson, Principal Operations Engineer, Telensa Ltd. Direct +44 (0) 1799 533252, Support Hotline +44 (0) 1799 399200 On 30 August 2016 at 21:14, Helen Borrie [email protected] [firebird-support] <[email protected]> wrote: Hello Nick, > I'm running fb2.1 on centos5, recently a system has started > throwing this error when asked to do a backup, the gbak parameters > are unchanged, permissions all seem ok, any suggestions what I might check > gbak: ERROR:Unexpected I/O error while writing to backup file > gbak:Exiting before completion due to errors "gbak parameters are unchanged." Could be you already have a file in that location with the same name. HB
