>
>I know two simultaneous engines can mess up a database. But, one READ-
>WRITE (On Production) and the other only doing frequent backups?
>

The database MUST reside on the SAME machine the engine is running on.

If Firebird is running on machine A and the database is resides on machine
A, you could run the GBak process on machine B, attaching to the database on
machine A through the engine on machine A with the output .fbk file going to
machine B or even machine C if you want.

>Also...
>
>Is it safe to run Norton Antivirus on a live firebird database?
>

No! It WILL cause problems.


Bill Meaney
wameaney@...
TPMS, Inc.
http://www.tpms.com