Function

quiesce invokes the quiesce callable service to quiesce a file system, making the files in it unavailable for use. You must be a superuser to quiesce a file system.

Parameters

name

The name of the file system to be quiesced, specified as the name of an HFS data set. You must specify HFS data set names as fully qualified names in uppercase letters. Do not enclose the data set name in single quotes.

Usage notes

1. After a quiesce service request, the file system is unavailable for use until a subsequent unquiesce service request is received.
2. Users accessing files in a quiesced HFS file system are suspended until an unquiesce request for the file system is processed. Other file systems may send an EAGAIN instead of suspending the user.
3. If a file system that is not mounted is quiesced, that file system cannot be mounted until the file system is unquiesced. This ensures that no one can use the file system while it is quiesced.