Firebird's nbackup tool

Paul Vinkenoog

Mark Rotteveel

September 2014 — Document version 1.4

Table of Contents

Introduction
Nbackup features – an overview
Functions and parameters
Making and restoring backups
Locking and unlocking
Setting the delta file
Backup history
Technical background information
A. Document history
B. License notice

Introduction

Nbackup is a backup utility included in the Firebird download packages since version 2.0. It offers possibilities not present in gbak – Firebird's pre-existing backup tool – but doesn't replace the latter. Both programmes have their strengths and weaknesses; they will likely coexist for some time to come.