Hi,

We have a very weird problem.

On one PC, restoring a backup either says is completes successfully, but
most the database is missing. Or, it just hangs part way through, so
badly the firebird service won't even reset. We have to reboot the whole
PC.

This is a 64 bit machine, running 32 bit Firebird (we use FreeUDFLib
UDF, so can't use the 64 bit version)

We started with Firebird 1.5.4, but changed to 2.1.3 in the hope things
would be different, but the nature of the problem is still exactly the
same.

We have checked for anti-virus, or anything that might be interfering
with the FDB file and explain the hanging.

Below are the Firebird 2.1 restore results:

gbak:opened file C:\OMNI\DCC\Backup\DCC1231PM_2010-07-20_15-10-22.gbk

gbak:transportable backup -- data in XDR format

gbak: backup file is compressed

gbak:created database C:\OMNI\DCC\Data\DCC.FDB, page_size 4096 bytes

gbak:started transaction

gbak:restoring domain RDB$2429

gbak:restoring domain RDB$1991

gbak:restoring domain RDB$2430

<SNIP>

gbak:restoring function F_EVALUATEEXPRESSION

gbak: restoring argument for function F_EVALUATEEXPRESSION

gbak: restoring argument for function F_EVALUATEEXPRESSION

gbak: restoring argument for function F_EVALUATEEXPRESSION

gbak:restoring function F_GENERATESNDXINDEX

gbak: restoring argument for function F_GENERATESNDXINDEX

gbak: restoring argument for function F_GENERATESNDXINDEX

gbak:restoring generator GEN_STOCKTAKEID value: 727922

gbak:restoring generator GEN_STOCKTAKE_ID value: 0

gbak: committing metadata

gbak: restoring privilege for user SYSDBA

gbak: restoring privilege for user SYSDBA

gbak: restoring privilege for user SYSDBA

gbak: restoring privilege for user SYSDBA

gbak: restoring privilege for user SYSDBA

gbak: restoring privilege for user PUBLIC

gbak:creating indexes

gbak: committing metadata

gbak:finishing, closing, and going home

it has skipped all stored procedures, and all data, and indexes.

Restored file is only 3MB, but original was 18MB.

Any idea of what we can try next?

Thanks

Maya

What is in the log of gbak -b ??


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