EBU Converter

Extract text from ERP backup files (EBU)

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Drop or upload your .EBU file

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How to extract text from your EBU file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your EBU file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert EBU to another file type

To convert EBU backups to another format, you need Exact Globe or other Backup software.

Convert a file to EBU

To convert other file formats to the "ERP Database Archive" file type, you need software like Exact Globe or a similar tool.

About EBU files

The .EBU extension primarily represents a proprietary backup archive created by Exact Globe, a comprehensive ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software suite. These files are essential for data recovery but present a significant interoperability barrier: they are not standard archives you can simply unzip. An .EBU file typically encapsulates a Microsoft SQL Server database dump, compressed and structured specifically for the Exact environment. Users typically encounter these files when trying to migrate accounting data or audit historical records without having an active, licensed installation of the exact ERP version used to create the backup. Opening them directly in Excel is impossible; the data is locked in binary database structures.

A secondary, unrelated use of the .EBU extension is for firmware update files on satellite receivers using ALI Corp chipsets. These are raw binary images intended to be flashed onto hardware, not viewed on a PC.

Best Conversion Targets:

For Data Analysis: Convert the contents to CSV or XLSX (Excel) to audit financial records without the ERP overhead.
For Database Migration: Convert or restore to MDF / BAK (SQL Server Backup) for import into standard SQL environments.
For Firmware: There is no "viewable" conversion; these should be kept as BIN or .EBU for device flashing.

Convert.Guru analyzes your EBU file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

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FAQ

If you want to convert EBU file to , you can use Exact Globe or similar software from the "Exact Globe Backup" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to EBU, try Exact Globe or another comparable tool in the "Exact Globe Backup" category.

The EBU Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our EBU converter.