5.10. Suspending Activity on a File System
You can suspend write activity to a file system by
using the gfs_tool freeze
command. Suspending write activity allows hardware-based device
snapshots to be used to capture the file system in a consistent
state. The gfs_tool unfreeze command
ends the suspension.
5.10.1. Usage
Start Suspension
gfs_tool freeze MountPoint |
End Suspension
gfs_tool unfreeze MountPoint |
- MountPoint
Specifies the file system.
5.10.2. Examples
This example suspends writes to file system /gfs.
This example ends suspension of writes to file system
/gfs.