.. important:: To use RBD snapshots, you must have a running Ceph cluster.
.. note:: Because RBD does not know about any filesystem within an image
- (volume), snapshots are not `crash-consistent` unless they are
+ (volume), snapshots are only `crash-consistent` unless they are
coordinated within the mounting (attaching) operating system.
We therefore recommend that you pause or stop I/O before taking a snapshot.
- If the volume contains a filesystem, it must be in an internally
- consistent state before taking a snapshot. Snapshots taken at
- inconsistent points may need a `fsck` pass before subsequent
- mounting. To stop `I/O` you can use `fsfreeze` command. See
+ If the volume contains a filesystem, it should be in an internally
+ consistent state before taking a snapshot. Snapshots taken without
+ write quiescing may need an `fsck` pass before subsequent
+ mounting. To quiesce `I/O` you can use `fsfreeze` command. See
`fsfreeze(8)` man page for more details.
For virtual machines, `qemu-guest-agent` can be used to automatically
freeze file systems when creating a snapshot.