| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Back Convert from FB 2.0.1 to 1.5.x |
|---|---|
| Author | Helen Borrie |
| Post date | 2007-06-14T22:15:21Z |
At 03:31 AM 15/06/2007, you wrote:
Services API).
1. Temporarily rename gbak.exe in the Firebird bin folder to something else
2. Copy gbak.exe from Fb 1.5 into the Fb 2.0 bin folder
3. Have Fb 2.0 server running and Fb 2.0 client available
4. Use that gbak.exe to back up the DB under the running Fb 2.0 server
5. Make a transportable backup (-b and -t switches)
That backup should then restore under the Fb 1.5 server. (more
complicated if you have done metadata changes to the DB that Fb 1.5
doesn't support - you will have to get rid of them first, which might
affect data as well.)
Tip for the future: never install a major upgrade in a production
system without rigorously testing with existing application software
in a test environment. There will *always* be things that need to be upgraded.
./heLen
>HiDon't use an Admin tool (or anything else that does backups via the
>
>We have just updated a customer from interbase (free version) to
>firebird 2.0.1.
>
>They are having problems and we want to convert back.
>
>Gbak produced by 2.0.1 can not be read by 1.5.x.
>
>Can anyone suggect how to go backwards. please?
Services API).
1. Temporarily rename gbak.exe in the Firebird bin folder to something else
2. Copy gbak.exe from Fb 1.5 into the Fb 2.0 bin folder
3. Have Fb 2.0 server running and Fb 2.0 client available
4. Use that gbak.exe to back up the DB under the running Fb 2.0 server
5. Make a transportable backup (-b and -t switches)
That backup should then restore under the Fb 1.5 server. (more
complicated if you have done metadata changes to the DB that Fb 1.5
doesn't support - you will have to get rid of them first, which might
affect data as well.)
Tip for the future: never install a major upgrade in a production
system without rigorously testing with existing application software
in a test environment. There will *always* be things that need to be upgraded.
./heLen