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Originally Posted by fracai (Post 594163)

The original will be ruined? Or the backup will be invalid? I can't see how the original file could become corrupt just because it was copied while active. Corruption on the backup side is easy to understand.

Both will be ruined. I'm not able to provide byte-level specifics of why the original is damaged by being copied while open, but it's definitely true and is acknowleged by FileMaker Inc themselves, which tells people to make sure to use only FileMaker Server to do backups, not to use backup software of any kind.

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Originally Posted by AHunter3 (Post 594881)

Can you quote where FileMaker says anything about the original being damaged?
On FileMaker's "tips" page (http://help.filemaker.com/app/answer...-file-recovery) it says:

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Originally Posted by above FileMaker page

Backing up open databases is not reliable. The FileMaker Pro host may not have the file completely updated on disk at the time of the backup, which would make a backup copy unusable.