support of performing nbackup to tapedrive [CORE4793] #5091
Description
Submitted by: repostor (repostor)
In the current releases of FirebirdSQL, the "NBACKUP" utility does not support to send backup and restore to/from a tape drive.
The problem is that "CreateFile()" does not use the parameter OPEN_EXISTING, and instead if uses the default parameter "CREATE_FILE"; which is not supported on a tape drive as the \\.\Tape0 always exists and is created by the os driver for the tapes.
If we have this solution implemented, than we can support FULL and INCREMENTAL backups to / from IBM TIVOLI STORAGE MANAGER (TSM) using:
- Data Protector for FirebirdSQL using IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
regards Tomas