IB2007 Incremental Backup problem

We are trying to test the incremental backup feature of InterBase 2007, but 
we seem to have hit a snag.  This is the command that we are using to create 
the online dump:

gbak -d -v -se service_mgr database.gdb database.gdmp 500000 database.gdm1 
500000 database.gdm2

This command appears to create the dump files successfully the first time it 
is executed.  However, the next time we run it (with the expectation that it 
will create an incremental backup), the following error is immediately 
returned:

gbak: ERROR: online dump failure: creation timestamp for database and dump 
don't match
gbak: Exiting before completion due to errors

When we run the GSTAT -H command to output the timestamp of the online dump, 
this is what we get:

Wrong ODS version, expected 12, encountered 0

Any suggestions? 

Mike P wrote:

> We are trying to test the incremental backup feature of InterBase
> 2007, but we seem to have hit a snag.  This is the command that we
> are using to create the online dump:
> 
> gbak -d -v -se service_mgr database.gdb database.gdmp 500000
> database.gdm1 500000 database.gdm2
> 
> This command appears to create the dump files successfully the first
> time it is executed.  However, the next time we run it (with the
> expectation that it will create an incremental backup), the following
> error is immediately returned:
> 
> gbak: ERROR: online dump failure: creation timestamp for database and
> dump don't match gbak: Exiting before completion due to errors
> 
> When we run the GSTAT -H command to output the timestamp of the
> online dump, this is what we get:
> 
> Wrong ODS version, expected 12, encountered 0
> 
> Any suggestions?

It depends on what you did.
Usually you get this kind of errors if you restored the database after
you dumped it.


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"The blossoms on an apple tree are standardized,
and yet they are all different.
That is how we, too, should learn to build."

There are two things you should try. First, don't use the service
manager. Database dumps always run on the server. Second, use a single
dump file and see if that works.

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Mike P wrote:

> Forgive my persistence, but can anyone offer any thoughts on this
> issue?  We are very disheartened that we cannot get this to work, as
> the incremental backup feature was the ENTIRE reason we upgraded to
> IB2007 in the first place.

See the reply I just made to your original post.

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Forgive my persistence, but can anyone offer any thoughts on this issue?  We 
are very disheartened that we cannot get this to work, as the incremental 
backup feature was the ENTIRE reason we upgraded to IB2007 in the first 
place.