caldermd wrote:

> I am trying to use gbak or nbackup(preferred) to do a backup of a
> firebird 2.0 database which is embedded.
>
> gbak -b myDB.fdb myDB.fbk //fails "unavailable server"
> gbak -b myDB.fdb myDB.fbk -user sysdba -pass masterkey //fails
> "unavailable server"
>

Does it make any difference if you specify the path to your database?
E.g.
gbak -b c:\firebird\myDB.fdb c:\firebird\myDB.fbk


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Magnus