I would not recommend it. As Alan said, there may be data in virtual machine storage, VM cache, etc that hasn't been hardened to disk yet.
Quiescing the server is your safest bet. Steve Wilkins IBM VM Development z/VM I/O Strategy |------------> | From: | |------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |"Little, Chris" <[email protected]> | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------> | To: | |------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |[email protected] | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------> | Date: | |------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |01/14/2009 04:24 PM | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------> | Subject: | |------------> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |Re: Flashcopy | >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| why not issue a "sync"? > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 2:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Flashcopy > > On Wednesday, 01/14/2009 at 02:51 EST, "Dean, David (I/S)" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does Flashcopy take care of ?open file? issues, any way around > quiecing? > > Flashcopy is a way to copy disk content. If it isn't on the disk, it > doesn't get copied. As a consequence, you need to get the data out of > memory and onto the disk. The best way to do that is to shut down the > app > and the server, flashcopy all the disks, restart the server and app. > > Alan Altmark > z/VM Development > IBM Endicott
