> At 04:08 PM 24/10/2003 +0200, you wrote:
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>>Hi,
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>>quite often I create a backup on windows (with gbak.exe -b -v), and
>> restore it on linux/unix with these switches (gbak -c -r -v).
>>Note that I never used the -t(ransportable) switch, but it always
>> worked well.
>>
>>Is this normal?
>>Is it better to use -t always, also when backuping and restoring on the
>> same platform?
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> I had always thought so, and thought it was some kind of enhancement
> magic that our guys had done - but Ann H confirmed that a database can
> be regarded as "native" when being moved from one Intel to another
> Intel.

mmm I moved one from wintel (FB1.03) to solaris/sparc (IB6.01), using the
flags I mentioned above.
It restored without any error messages, we did some basic testing
on it and it worked well.

Can I leave it like this, or should I do another backup/restore cycle
on the solaris box with the transportable-switch?

TIA,
Yves

> I confess that I even transfer databases around my hybrid
> network using Samba.

:-)

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