8.8. Activating and Deactivating a Snapshot

Only activated snapshots are accessible. Check the Accessing Snapshot section for more details. Since each snapshot is a Red Hat Gluster Storage volume it consumes some resources hence if the snapshots are not needed it would be good to deactivate them and activate them when required. To activate a snapshot run the following command:

gluster snapshot activate <snapname> [force]

# gluster snapshot activate <snapname> [force]

where:

For Example:

gluster snapshot activate snap1

# gluster snapshot activate snap1

To deactivate a snapshot, run the following command:

gluster snapshot deactivate <snapname>

# gluster snapshot deactivate <snapname>

where:

For example:

gluster snapshot deactivate snap1

# gluster snapshot deactivate snap1