Overview of Task Identifiers

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The following table lists by request buffer cluster identifier the tasks that you can request with isc_service_start().

Services API Tasks

Task item	Purpose
isc_action_svc_backup	Back up a database to a file or tape device; equivalent to gbak -b.
isc_action_svc_restore	Restore a database backup file and recreate a database; equivalent to gbak -c.
isc_action_svc_dump	Dump a database to a file; equivalent to gbak -d.
isc_action_svc_properties	Set database properties; equivalent to gfix with various options.
isc_action_svc_repair	Initiate database consistency check and correction; equivalent to gfix with -validate, -full, and -mend options.
isc_action_svc_db_stats	Report database statistics; equivalent to the output of gstat.
isc_action_svc_get_ib_log	Report contents of the interbase.log file on the server.
isc_action_svc_display_user	Display a user entry to the security database on the server; equivalent to gsec -display.
isc_action_svc_add_user	Add a user entry to the security database on the server; equivalent to gsec -add.
isc_action_svc_delete_user	Delete a user entry to the security database on the server; equivalent to gsec -delete.
isc_action_svc_modify_user	Modify a user entry to the security database on the server; equivalent to gsec -modify.
isc_action_svc_add_license	Add a software activation certificate to ib_license.dat; only SYSDBA can invoke this task.
isc_action_svc_remove_license	Remove a software activation certificate from ib_license.dat; only SYSDBA can invoke this task.
isc_action_svc_add_db_alias	Add an alias for the database to the server; only SYSDBA can invoke this task.
isc_action_svc_delete_db_alias	Delete the database alias from the server; only SYSDBA can invoke this task.
isc_action_svc_display_db_alias	Display the database alias; only SYSDBA can invoke this task.

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