From: "peter.herndon" <tpherndon@...>

> Hi list,
>
> I have a third-party application which uses Firebird (v 1.5.2) for
> persistence. I need to move
> the application to a new server, which basically means installing it on
> the new server and
> then copying the data from the old server to the new. The two
> environments are the same.
> How do I move the data? Can I simply shut down database A, shut down
> database B, copy
> the .fdb file from one server to the other, then restart database B? Or
> are there other things I
> need to consider, other files I need to worry about?

As long as you are sure that the FB server is shut down, you can copy the
file without problems. However, IMO, you should backup and restore the
database(s) to clean up garbage, etc. while the opportunity exists.

Woody (TMW)