On Tuesday 15 June 2004 14:31, Elmar Haneke wrote:

Hi,

> > Copying (backing up via some backup-tool) up a life database
> > (meaning: that's in use by the server process) can cause database
> > corruption.
>
> The corruption should occur only at restore (since the copy is not
> ok), copying the file does not modify it.

Some backup utilites place a file lock on what they are copying, meaning the
FB server cannot write to the db file whilst it is being backed up, cause
either corruption, the application to crash or both. Worst case is you get a
correct live DB and a corrupt backup.

Phil

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