We have a customer database presently on Interbase 6.5 and would like
to convert this to Firebird. Based on what I've read here it should
be possible if I use the FB GBAK and backup the (running) IB
database, then restore to a FB database.

My problem is that I keep getting unavailable database when I try to
backup the IB database (which is up and running). Another factor
maybe that I am using Terminal Services to run this on the remote
host. What is going on?
Below is the error I'm getting.


C:\Program Files\Firebird_1_5\bin>gbak -b -u sysdba -password
masterkey d:\bgt\cem5_test\cem5.gdb d:\bgt\cem5_test\fire1.fdb
gbak: ERROR: unavailable database
gbak: Exiting before completion due to errors

Thanks
Barry