>> I can't recall if gbak returns an exit error code if something weird
>> happens,
>On Linux, it returns zero for all ok and 1 for something bad happened.

>> but to check if a backup is valid, the only thing you can do is
>> to restore the backup and see if this process goes through. This is
> >something I do for critical databases/backups.
>Always good advice. There is always a possibility that the backup
>worked, but the file could still be corrupt. :-(

We search backup and restore log for expected final text . If it is there
then it is ok, otherwise not
Regards
Bogdan





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