> Alan wrote:
> > out of interest Mathias, what would you do differently after
> > finding CS as opposed to SS on the other end?
> It is about backing up & restoring. Here is the command I can use for
> remote backup on a Classic Server:
>
> gbak -b -se [ServerName]:service_mgr
> [ServerName]:[DBFileName]
> [BackupFileName]
> -user [UserName] -password [Password]
>
> But the same command is not working on Super Server. For Super Server
> I have used TIBBackupService so far. The error message I get on Super
> Server with the above command is:
>
> gbak: ERROR: Error reading data from the connection.
> gbak: Exiting before completion due to errors
>
> And the exit code of gbak is not 0 but 1 in that case (Super Server).
> I certainly would prefer if I could treat them identical. Any ideas, Alan?
>
> Salut,
> Mathias

is you're using the service manager prefix, don't prefix the DB file with
the hostname

> gbak -b -se [ServerName]:service_mgr
> [DBFileName]
> [BackupFileName]
> -user [UserName] -password [Password]

This works fine on SS, Does this OK on classic?
Alan