Try with the -T option for Transferrable backup type (both in gbak -R and
gbak -B), and (if you have SuperServer version on your Win) try to put a
localhost: just before the gbak -R filenames, like this:
E:\FB\gbak -R -T -user TAPADMIN -password xxx e:\TAP\tap.fbk
localhost:e:\TAP\tap.fdb

I don't know for sure if this will help, but it works for me all the time.

SanTa

----- Original Message -----
From: "ainpoissee" <ainpoissee@...>
To: <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 3:32 PM
Subject: [firebird-support] Cant restore from backup


> Hi!
>
> Suddenly I'm not able to restore backups!
> I develop using FB1.5 on Linux, then make backup with command
>
> d:\tools\FB_1_5\bin\gbak -B -user TAPADMIN -password xxx -se
> FBLINSERV:service_mgr /opt/firebird/data/tap.fdb
> /opt/firebird/data/tap.fbk
>
> ie I use win version of FB1.5 gbak to make backup on Linux server.
> Then I copy tap.fbk to my win server and use command
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> E:\FB\gbak -R -user TAPADMIN -password xxx E:\TAP\tap.fbk E:\TAP\tap.fdb
>
> to restore it. It worked OK till today - now I get error:
>
> gbak: ERROR: unavailable database
> gbak: ERROR: failed to create database E:\TAP\tap.fdb
> gbak: Exiting before completion due to errors
>
> What the heck is going on?! I have not changed a thing! Any idea?
>
> TIA
> ain
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