Re: [firebird-support] gbak error

2016-08-31 Thread Nick Upson n...@telensa.com [firebird-support] 
On 31 August 2016 at 18:16, Steve Wiser
st...@specializedbusinesssoftware.com [firebird-support] <
firebird-support@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> Can you show us the permissions of the directory that you are trying to
> write to?  And also of the database file that you are trying to back up?
>

​the directory is 777 and the database is 550 owned by firebird​, group unb


>
> And is there an existing fbk that you are trying to overwrite or is it a
> new file?
>

​new file​


>
> And what user and group are you using to perform the gbak along with the
> flags.
>

​user and group are called unb, the firebird user is also a member of group
unb,  gbak -backup -user sysdba -password x filename



>
> Does anything show up in dmesg that would indicate some kind of I/O error
> or hard disk starting to go bad?
>

​no, and its a VM

This was all working and then it didn't, no changes detected anywhere ​


Nick Upson,
Principal Operations Engineer, Telensa Ltd.
Direct +44 (0) 1799 533252, Support Hotline +44 (0) 1799 399200

Re: [firebird-support] gbak error

2016-08-31 Thread Steve Wiser st...@specializedbusinesssoftware.com [firebird-support] 
Can you show us the permissions of the directory that you are trying to
write to?  And also of the database file that you are trying to back up?

And is there an existing fbk that you are trying to overwrite or is it a
new file?

And what user and group are you using to perform the gbak along with the
flags.

Does anything show up in dmesg that would indicate some kind of I/O error
or hard disk starting to go bad?

-steve


On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Nick Upson n...@telensa.com
[firebird-support]  wrote:

>
>
> its possible that the file is created and removed quickly enough that I
> don't see it
>
> Nick Upson,
> Principal Operations Engineer, Telensa Ltd.
> Direct +44 (0) 1799 533252, Support Hotline +44 (0) 1799 399200
>
> On 31 August 2016 at 17:38, 'Leyne, Sean' s...@broadviewsoftware.com
> [firebird-support]  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Nick,
>>
>> > it either happens on creation or a file is started and then removed
>> very
>> > quickly
>>
>> "then removed very quickly"???
>>
>> Please elaborate.
>>
>>
>> Sean
>>
>>
> 
>

Re: [firebird-support] gbak error

2016-08-31 Thread Nick Upson n...@telensa.com [firebird-support] 
its possible that the file is created and removed quickly enough that I
don't see it

Nick Upson,
Principal Operations Engineer, Telensa Ltd.
Direct +44 (0) 1799 533252, Support Hotline +44 (0) 1799 399200

On 31 August 2016 at 17:38, 'Leyne, Sean' s...@broadviewsoftware.com
[firebird-support]  wrote:

>
>
> Nick,
>
> > it either happens on creation or a file is started and then removed very
> > quickly
>
> "then removed very quickly"???
>
> Please elaborate.
>
>
> Sean
>
> 
>

RE: [firebird-support] gbak error

2016-08-31 Thread 'Leyne, Sean' s...@broadviewsoftware.com [firebird-support] 
Nick,

> it either happens on creation or a file is started and then removed very
> quickly

"then removed very quickly"??? 

Please elaborate.


Sean

Re: [firebird-support] gbak error

2016-08-31 Thread monteropetronila...@yahoo.com [firebird-support] 
Hello 

Sent from Yahoo Mail. Get the app 

On Wednesday, August 31, 2016 6:02 PM, "Nick Upson n...@telensa.com 
[firebird-support]"  wrote:
 

     it either happens on creation or a file is started and then removed very 
quickly
Nick Upson,
Principal Operations Engineer, Telensa Ltd.
Direct+44 (0) 1799 533252, Support Hotline +44 (0) 1799 399200
On 31 August 2016 at 16:57, Ann Harrison aharri...@ibphoenix.com 
[firebird-support]  wrote:

     Does the error happen on file creation or after some data has been written?


On Aug 30, 2016, at 4:36 PM, Nick Upson n...@telensa.com [firebird-support] 
 wrote:


 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 hele...@iinet.net.au 
[firebird-support]  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

   


   

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Re: [firebird-support] gbak error

2016-08-31 Thread Nick Upson n...@telensa.com [firebird-support] 
it either happens on creation or a file is started and then removed very
quickly

Nick Upson,
Principal Operations Engineer, Telensa Ltd.
Direct +44 (0) 1799 533252, Support Hotline +44 (0) 1799 399200

On 31 August 2016 at 16:57, Ann Harrison aharri...@ibphoenix.com
[firebird-support]  wrote:

>
>
> Does the error happen on file creation or after some data has been written?
>
>
>
> On Aug 30, 2016, at 4:36 PM, Nick Upson n...@telensa.com [firebird-support]
>  wrote:
>
> 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 hele...@iinet.net.au
> [firebird-support]  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
>>
>>
> 
>

Re: [firebird-support] gbak error

2016-08-31 Thread Ann Harrison aharri...@ibphoenix.com [firebird-support] 
Does the error happen on file creation or after some data has been written?



> On Aug 30, 2016, at 4:36 PM, Nick Upson n...@telensa.com [firebird-support] 
>  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 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 hele...@iinet.net.au 
>> [firebird-support]  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
> 
> 
> 
>

Re: [firebird-support] gbak error

2016-08-30 Thread 'Woody' woody-...@gt.rr.com [firebird-support] 
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:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com 
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 hele...@iinet.net.au 
[firebird-support] <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com> 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

Re: [firebird-support] gbak error

2016-08-30 Thread Nick Upson n...@telensa.com [firebird-support] 
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 hele...@iinet.net.au
[firebird-support]  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
>
> 
>

Re: [firebird-support] gbak error

2016-08-30 Thread Helen Borrie hele...@iinet.net.au [firebird-support] 
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

Re: [firebird-support] gbak error

2016-08-30 Thread Nick Upson n...@telensa.com [firebird-support] 
it all seems ok, files have been created in other ways

Nick Upson,
Principal Operations Engineer, Telensa Ltd.
Direct +44 (0) 1799 533252, Support Hotline +44 (0) 1799 399200

On 30 August 2016 at 19:26, 'Leyne, Sean' s...@broadviewsoftware.com
[firebird-support]  wrote:

>
>
>
>
> > 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
>
> Check integrity of storage subsystem.
>
>
> Sean
>
> 
>

RE: [firebird-support] gbak error

2016-08-30 Thread 'Leyne, Sean' s...@broadviewsoftware.com [firebird-support] 


> 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

Check integrity of storage subsystem.


Sean