Subject Re: Basic question -- moving a database from one server to another
Author peter.herndon
> > 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)
>

Excellent, thank you very much for the info. The fun part is that the vendor did not include
nbackup in their Firebird re-package. Yay. ;)

Thanks again,

---Peter