--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, DataCom - Diego <diego@d...>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> In Windows 2003 server I cannot backup my database (in windows

2000/XP I

> can). With FBserver running AS A SERVICE I type:
>
> C:\DmView\DmView4.6\data>gbak -user sysdba -password masterkey
> dmview.gdb dmview.gbk

Try

MyFolder>gbak -b -user sysdba -password masterkey
driveLetterSource:\pathSource\myFile.fdb
driveLetterTarget:\pathTarget\myFilefbk

Regards

Russell

> gbak: ERROR: unavailable database
> gbak: Exiting before completion due to errors
> ------------------------------
> Then I try to start as an application:
>
> C:\DmView\DmView4.6\data>fbserver -a
>
> C:\DmView\DmView4.6\data>gbak -user sysdba -password masterkey
> dmview.gdb dmview.gbk
> gbak: ERROR: operating system directive CreateFile failed
> gbak: ERROR: A operaþÒo solicitada nÒo pode ser executada

em um

> arquivo com uma seþÒo mapeada pelo usußrio aberta.
>
> gbak: Exiting before completion due to errors
>
> ----------------------------------------
> and I got this message. Anyway, one way or another I cannot backup

my

> database, does anyone know if gbak works with windows 2003 server ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Diego M. da Rosa