From: Christoph Heiss <c.heiss@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH docs 3/3] qm: Add section explaining fs-freeze/thaw QGA option
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2023 13:59:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230201125918.372665-4-c.heiss@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230201125918.372665-1-c.heiss@proxmox.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Heiss <c.heiss@proxmox.com>
---
qm.adoc | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc
index 8a49283..f029ceb 100644
--- a/qm.adoc
+++ b/qm.adoc
@@ -1061,6 +1061,26 @@ operations that have the potential to write out zeros to the storage:
On a thin provisioned storage, this can help to free up unused space.
+Filesystem freeze/thaw
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+By default, VM filesystems are synced via the 'fs-freeze' command when a backup
+is performed, to provide consistency. On Windows guests, this calls into the VSS
+(volume shadow copy) subsystem.
+
+There might be cases where this needs to be disabled, e.g. when running
+applications which hook into the Windows VSS subsystem themselves. This has
+been observed to be necessary when running SQL Server, which otherwise might
+break its own differential backup mode.
+
+This behavior can be turned off using the 'Freeze/thaw filesystems on backup
+for consistency' option. With this option disabled, {pve} will skip the
+'fs-freeze' and 'fs-thaw' commands when running backup jobs.
+
+NOTE: Disabling this option can potentially lead to backups with inconsistent
+filesystems and should therefore only be changed if you know what you are
+doing.
+
Troubleshooting
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
--
2.39.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-02-01 12:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-02-01 12:59 [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server/manager/docs 0/3] fix #4140: Add option to disable `fs-freeze`/`-thaw` on backup Christoph Heiss
2023-02-01 12:59 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH qemu-server 1/3] vzdump: Add VM QGA option to skip `fs-freeze`/`fs-thaw` " Christoph Heiss
2023-02-23 10:55 ` Thomas Lamprecht
2023-02-23 11:29 ` Christoph Heiss
2023-02-01 12:59 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH manager 2/3] ui: qga: Add option to turn off fs-freeze/thaw for backup Christoph Heiss
2023-02-01 12:59 ` Christoph Heiss [this message]
2023-02-23 11:34 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH docs 3/3] qm: Add section explaining fs-freeze/thaw QGA option Thomas Lamprecht
2023-02-23 12:10 ` Christoph Heiss
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