Thank you, Norm. I read about the versions supported and I know I could run some tests with the trial, but I didn't want to risk damaging the production database. Although I could run the backup tests on a copy of the database, I considered important to hear other people experiences (good or bad) with the tool. I feared it could work fine with a copy of the database when only two people are connected but fail or even damage the database with hundreds of connections opened.

I think I will stick with gbak for the moment.

Best Regards,

-Jorge

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Norman Dunbar <Norman@...> wrote:
>
> Morning Jorge,
>
> > We have a Windows 2008 R2 64 bit server running Fb 1.5.6 32 bits
> > classic, the database is around 2Gb.
> >
> > Would like to know if the Database Backup Software featured at
> > IBPHOenix.com would be suitable to automate the database backup taks
> > on this server.
> > Link: http://www.ibphoenix.com/products/software/yamacobackup
>
> I have to admit that I've not used this product, however, there is a 14
> day free trial offered so you could give it a try and see if it meets
> your needs. Possible trialling against a copy database as opposed to
> your production one!
>
> One thing I notice though is the supported versions of Firebird:
>
> "Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7 (both 32 and 64 bit versions) FireBird 2.1
> and 2.5 (with guaranteed support for upcoming FireBird versions, for
> example 3.0)."
>
> It appears that your particular version of Firebird (or Windows) is not
> supported. From work, I know that there are a few differences between
> Windows 2000 and 2008 which affects some of the products I have to use
> (Oracle for example).
>
> HTH
>
>
> Cheers,
> Norm.
>
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