Check for Running Backups

Both database backups and query server snapshots use the same file space on the LSMS. Before creating a snapshot on the LSMS, perform the procedure described in “Checking for Running Backups” to ensure that no database backups are running.

CAUTION: If you attempt to create a snapshot while a backup is running, the backup will be interrupted, and the next time a backup is performed, it will take much longer to complete.

The following tasks also use temporary file space (as does a snapshot), so you may run out of file space if you attempt to create a snapshot after you have started but not yet finished any of these tasks:

Starting the standby server (changing its state from UNINITIALIZED "INHIBITED" to STANDBY) using the procedure described in “Starting a Server”
Running the import command
Running the quickaudit command