Snapshot is a concept about LVM. It redirect all Output activities to
a temp area, and maintain a static image. It's none about JFS.

So IBM say, Decrease the activity of a LV before snapshot. If there is
a large mount acts , the file system may be inconsistent. The most
important the transcation data is inconsitent.

Camp

"Michael E. Thomadakis" <miket@cs.tamu.edu> wrote in message news:<Pine.GSO.4.58.0402170017420.20571@unix.cs.ta mu.edu>...
> Has anyone heard anything about snapshoting capabilities in JFS/JFS2 in AIX
> 5.2? Especially if supported natively by the FS or LVM.
>
> Also, are there any news on the user quota capabilities in JFS2 for AIX 5.2?
>
> Thanks
> Michael