Are you using command line gbak to back it up? If so what is the exact
command you are using?

-steve

ahaines_1 wrote:

> using IB 6.0.1.6 on Linux.
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> I have a database with multiple files.
> Today it seems to have reached the defined size limit of the main file
> but did not start using the second file.
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> page size is 8192.
> main file limited to 251278 pages which it is currently sitting at.
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> gbak will attempt to backup until it reaches a specific table and then
> stops with the "file size limit exceeded" error.
> gfix just returns the error.
> other client tools refuse to connect.
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> IB Surgeon says everything is OK with the file, no curruption reported.
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> I can copy the file to a Windows server but it also refuses to open
> the database since it can not open the secondary file.
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> Any one have ideas on what can be done?
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> TIA
> Andrew
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