Thanks Adam

I have just installed classic on my development machine. The error
message I get is now different !

gbak: ERROR: multiple sources or destinations specified
gbak: Exiting before completion due to errors


I tried changing the path to just off C drive as you suggested and got
the following error...

gbak: readied database localhost:C:\ChreosAccounts.fdb for backup
gbak: ERROR: size specification either missing or incorrect for file
C:\Chreos
gbak: Exiting before completion due to errors

However I can run GBak from the command prompt and successfully backup
this database. You are right, the space thing was a coincidence. I
think the error message is too long and returns only part of that line.

It feels like either my installations dodgy (I removed SS, rebooted,
installed Classic, rebooted) or that the IBBackupService just isn't
compatible with Classic (which also sounds unlikely as you and probably
others are using it).


I tried Gbak with the -se switch and got the following error...

gbak: ERROR: service name parameter missing
gbak: Exiting before completion due to errors

I assume I am supposed to add something after -se?

We don't use Alias's for a number of reasons so I am not familiar with
the process. We were not looking to change this.



Rob Martin
Software Engineer

phone +64 03 377 0495
fax +64 03 377 0496
web www.chreos.com

Wild Software Ltd



Adam wrote:

>--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Robert martin <rob@c...>
>wrote:
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>>Hi
>>
>>Further information I have discovered. In a different part of our
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>app
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>>we also do backups and this fails with a 'cannot attach to services
>>manager'. I have done a web search and see old reports that this
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>was a
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>>problem with IB 6.0 and FB Classic as the services manager was not
>>implemented in the classic versions. Has it been?
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>>From the quick start guide:
>http://www.firebirdsql.org/devel/doc/manual/defaulthtml/qsg15-classic-
>or-super.html
>
>Classic:
>
>1.5: Partially implemented Services Manager, supporting tasks like
>backup/restore, database shutdown etc. over the network. Other
>service tasks have to be performed locally using the client tools
>(small separate executables) that come with Firebird.
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>1.5.1 and up: full Services Manager.
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>Note:
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>IBX is a componentset developed by Borland to connect to Interbase
>that just happens to work with Firebird because the Firebird and
>Interbase API have not forked to the extent where it no longer works.
>
>Try to do a number of tests.
>
>1. Does using aliases resolve the issue?
>2. Do you have the same problem invoking the backup service using
>gbak with -se switch?
>3. Does it work if the database is moved to a location where no space
>is required?
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>If you are able to have success with 1 and 2, then it must be a
>limitation of IBX. I do use the IBX backup service in a daily basis,
>but I would have to check my code as it has been a few months now.
>However I connect to the databases using aliases. In fact, my backup
>process reads the aliases.conf file and backs up each alias within a
>particular base folder to a fbk file named whatever the alias is
>called. It then restores to a temporary location to be sure. So I
>can't tell you whether the spaces are confusing things.
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>Adam
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