On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 9:41 AM, Martin Schwedhelm silo...@yahoo.com [firebird-support] <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> > > I have multiple (8) databases where no connection is possible and gfix > prints the above message. > > Firebird version: 2.5.2 > Operating system: Windows 2003 - Windows 2008 (VmWare) > Size: Varying, ~100MB to ~14GB single file > ODS: 11.1 / 11.2 > > It looks like the database file is truncated and when resized to the > previous size > because all pages starting from a random page till the end of the file are > filled with zeros. > In one case only the first 9MB of a 7GB database survived. > Are forced writes enabled? > > Before the corruption all systems involved were restarted (windows-update, > etc.). > Could a unsave shut down of the database server explain the behaviour? > Yes, if you're not using forced writes. Good luck, Ann
