--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "dbambo2000" <gcampbel@p...>
wrote:

>
> I'm running a backup of a 2GB firebird database using gbak on a

remote

> server via Remote Desktop. I was able to do this over the last

couple

> of days without any problems, but today (after adding tables to grow
> the file size from .5GB to 2 GB) I am getting an error. The gbak
> command is:
>
> gbak -b -se 127.0.0.1:service_mgr 127.0.0.1:C:\path\DBNAME.FDB
> C:\path\DBNAME.FBK -user SYSDBA -password XXXXXXXX
>
> The error I'm getting is:
>
> gbak: ERROR: Error reading data from the connection.
> gbak: Exiting before completion due to errors
>
> Note that although it says it is exiting, it appears to continue to
> do the backup.

This problem was resolved by removing the 127.0.0.1: from the database
path as shown below:

gbak -b -se 127.0.0.1:service_mgr C:\path\DBNAME.FDB
C:\path\DBNAME.FBK -user SYSDBA -password XXXXXXXX