Re: [firebird-support] Restoring backup from 2.5 to 2.1
Aldo Caruso wrote: When I try to restore a backup done in a 2.5 firebird server to a 2.1 firebird server, I get the following error message: gbak:transportable backup -- data in XDR format gbak: ERROR:Expected backup version 1..8. Found 9 gbak:Exiting before completion due to errors Isn't it possible to restore a backup database from a 2.5 to a 2.1 firebird server ? It is not possible since 2.5 introduces incompatible changes. If you need to move from 2.5 back to 2.1, the only way would be to copy data from one database into another. I tried this in the past and met with another problem: which version to use to access the databases for copy. IIRC, 2.5 did alter the database structure so I could not use it with 2.1. The final solution was to start up the source database on 2.5 server and prepare a clean database on a different machine with 2.1 server. And then I copied the data using FBCopy tool. To prepare a clean database, you can use something like isql -x to dump the database schema from 2.5, and then run that script on an empty database with Firebird 2.1. Good luck. -- Milan Babuskov == The easiest way to import XML, CSV and textual files into Firebird: http://www.guacosoft.com/xmlwizard ==
[firebird-support] Restoring backup from 2.5 to 2.1
Hi, When I try to restore a backup done in a 2.5 firebird server to a 2.1 firebird server, I get the following error message: gbak:transportable backup -- data in XDR format gbak: ERROR:Expected backup version 1..8. Found 9 gbak:Exiting before completion due to errors Isn't it possible to restore a backup database from a 2.5 to a 2.1 firebird server ? Thanks in advance, Aldo
Re: [firebird-support] Restoring backup from 2.5 to 2.1
When I try to restore a backup done in a 2.5 firebird server to a 2.1 firebird server, I get the following error message: gbak:transportable backup -- data in XDR format gbak: ERROR:Expected backup version 1..8. Found 9 gbak:Exiting before completion due to errors Isn't it possible to restore a backup database from a 2.5 to a 2.1 firebird server ? Are you using gbak from 2.1 against a 2.5 server and I hope you don't use any new/specific things from 2.5? -- With regards, Thomas Steinmaurer http://www.upscene.com/
Re: [firebird-support] Restoring backup from 2.5 to 2.1
Did you tried to use 2.1 gbak against 2.5 server to produce the gbk ? see you ! Em 4/7/2012 15:59, Aldo Caruso escreveu: To restore, I am using gbak 2.1 against a 2.1 server, but reading a *.fbk backup file that was created using a 2.5 server. AFAIK I'm not using specific things from 2.5 Thanks, Aldo El 04/07/12 13:56, Thomas Steinmaurer escribió: When I try to restore a backup done in a 2.5 firebird server to a 2.1 firebird server, I get the following error message: gbak:transportable backup -- data in XDR format gbak: ERROR:Expected backup version 1..8. Found 9 gbak:Exiting before completion due to errors Isn't it possible to restore a backup database from a 2.5 to a 2.1 firebird server ? Are you using gbak from 2.1 against a 2.5 server and I hope you don't use any new/specific things from 2.5? -- With regards, Thomas Steinmaurer http://www.upscene.com/ [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
Re: [firebird-support] Restoring backup from 2.5 to 2.1
Good idea, but it is unfeasible for me because the server is remote on Internet (with very high latency), so I have to create the back ups on the server, download the file and apply it to my local machine (which has firebird 2.1) Thanks, Aldo El 04/07/12 16:04, Alexandre Benson Smith escribió: Did you tried to use 2.1 gbak against 2.5 server to produce the gbk ? see you ! Em 4/7/2012 15:59, Aldo Caruso escreveu: To restore, I am using gbak 2.1 against a 2.1 server, but reading a *.fbk backup file that was created using a 2.5 server. AFAIK I'm not using specific things from 2.5 Thanks, Aldo El 04/07/12 13:56, Thomas Steinmaurer escribió: When I try to restore a backup done in a 2.5 firebird server to a 2.1 firebird server, I get the following error message: gbak:transportable backup -- data in XDR format gbak: ERROR:Expected backup version 1..8. Found 9 gbak:Exiting before completion due to errors Isn't it possible to restore a backup database from a 2.5 to a 2.1 firebird server ? Are you using gbak from 2.1 against a 2.5 server and I hope you don't use any new/specific things from 2.5? -- With regards, Thomas Steinmaurer http://www.upscene.com/ [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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [firebird-support] Restoring backup from 2.5 to 2.1
El 04/07/12 16:04, Alexandre Benson Smith escribió: Did you tried to use 2.1 gbak against 2.5 server to produce the gbk ? At 07:11 AM 5/07/2012, Aldo Caruso wrote: Good idea, but it is unfeasible for me because the server is remote on Internet (with very high latency), so I have to create the back ups on the server, download the file and apply it to my local machine (which has firebird 2.1) Then it cannot possibly work. Firebird does *not* support back-porting databases. It was found to be possible (sometimes) to backup and restore between 2.1 and 2.0, only if the v.2.0 gbak was running in the v.2.1 server to make the backup. If you have a copy of The Firebird Book Second Edition, you can read up on this in Chapter 5, Migration Issues. ./heLen
RE: [firebird-support] Restoring backup from 2.5 to 2.1 - Email found in subject
Good idea, but it is unfeasible for me because the server is remote on Internet (with very high latency), so I have to create the back ups on the server, download the file and apply it to my local machine (which has firebird 2.1) You could copy the v2.1 GBAK executable onto the remote machine, into a separate folder from the existing FB install. Then create a local backup using that executable. That would create a v2.1 backup of the database. Sean
Re: [firebird-support] Restoring backup from 2.5 to 2.1 - Email found in subject
Thanks for your idea. Aldo El 04/07/12 16:49, Leyne, Sean escribió: Good idea, but it is unfeasible for me because the server is remote on Internet (with very high latency), so I have to create the back ups on the server, download the file and apply it to my local machine (which has firebird 2.1) You could copy the v2.1 GBAK executable onto the remote machine, into a separate folder from the existing FB install. Then create a local backup using that executable. That would create a v2.1 backup of the database. Sean [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
