On 2/29/12 3:47 PM, Leyne, Sean wrote: > The NBackup functionality allows a database file to be quiesced (with > changes written to a delta file) to allow for OS level backups to be > performed (thru Lock and Unlock options). But doesn't that just move the potential conflict to the delta file, leaving you with the same issue but in a different place? I don't see that it really improves things all that much.
Well, on further thought I suppose the original database file could then be thought of as internally consistent as of the time NBackup was started. Is that what you were getting at? > Nbackup can be invoked thru a BAT or script file, as well as via SQL > statements. But none of those are really an API designed for this specific purpose. Do any backup systems make use of NBackup to control a Firebird database during backup operations? Anyone know?
