Making and restoring backups
To begin with: nbackup.exe
is located in the bin
subdirectory of your Firebird folder.Typical locations are e.g. C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_3_0
or C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_2_0\bin
(Windows) or /opt/firebird/bin
(Linux).Just like most of the tools that come with Firebird, nbackup has no graphical interface;you launch it from the command prompt or call it from within a batch file or application.
Warning
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Under heavy-load circumstances in some environments, nbackup of Firebird 2.0.3 and below may cause problems that will lead to deadlocks or even corrupted databases.While these problems aren’t common, they are serious enough to warrant upgrading to Firebird 2.0.4 or higher if you want to use nbackup comfortably.If it concerns large databases under Posix, the use of direct I/O may also make a difference.More about this in the section Direct I/O. |