[pve-devel] [PATCH docs v5 1/1] qm: document that import-from can issue a fsfreeze

Maximiliano Sandoval m.sandoval at proxmox.com
Mon Jan 5 13:16:54 CET 2026


Signed-off-by: Maximiliano Sandoval <m.sandoval at proxmox.com>
---
 qm.adoc | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/qm.adoc b/qm.adoc
index eb6ab4d..7002671 100644
--- a/qm.adoc
+++ b/qm.adoc
@@ -1520,6 +1520,7 @@ An 'fs-freeze' will be issued for any of the following operations on a VM:
 * Creating a clone of a VM while it is running
 * Replicating a VM while it is running
 * Taking a snapshot without RAM of a running VM
+* Importing a disk image from a running guest will issue a freeze on the running guest
 
 On Windows guests, some applications might handle consistent backups themselves
 by hooking into the Windows VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) layer, a
-- 
2.47.3





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