I shut everything down and was able to do the gbak backup without a problem.

Is this normal? Is this a 1.5.3 problem that would be cured by 1.5.5?

Thanks!
TomC

Tom Conrad wrote:

>
>
> gbak backup error - Doesn't always stop at the same place. Would
> stopping the server and doing a backup with no users, then a restore
> help? So far has happened during daily gbak runs.
>
> Do I need more memory for lock manager? (firebird.conf)
>
> What's the next stable release I should migrate to?
>
> I replicate two servers like this to each other. How will this affect
> licensing, replication implementation if I migrate?
>
> Server is...
> Classic fb 1.5.3 on RHEL3 linux
> FirebirdCS-1.5.3.4870.i686.rpm
>
> command used...
> /opt/firebird/bin/gbak -B -V -USER SYSDBA -PAS xxxxxxxxx
> /data/fb/mydb1.fdb /data/fbk/mydbB1.fbk 1536m /data/fbk/mydbB2.fbk 1536m
> /data/fbk/mydbB3.fbk 1536m /data/fbk/mydbB4.fbk 1536m
> /data/fbk/mydbB5.fbk 1536m /data/fbk/mydbB6.fbk
>
> from error log...
> . . .
> gbak: 26160000 records written
> gbak: 26180000 records written
> gbak: 26200000 records written
> Fatal lock manager error: invalid lock id (3895040), errno: 2
> --No such file or directory
> Sat Nov 1 03:21:48 CST 2008
>
>