Evening,

> How do I check if I have the correct message file?

It is possible that you have both FB1.5 and FB2.1 on your %PATH% at the
same time and this may be where the confusion is arising I'm not 100%
sure what happens in this scenario.

can you try the following please:

Start a CMD session.
set PATH=<path_to_fb1.5>/bin
gbak -backup <database_name> <backup_file_name> ...

set PATH=<path_to_FB2.0>/bin
fbackup -create <backup_file_name> <new_database_name> ...


That should make sure that you backup using FB 1.5 and restore using 2.1
and, in theory, you shouldn't have trouble with message files from the
wrong version being used.


Cheers,
Norman.