<s>
To	O
quiesce	B-Device
is	O
to	O
pause	O
or	O
alter	O
a	O
device	O
or	O
application	O
to	O
achieve	O
a	O
consistent	O
state	O
,	O
usually	O
in	O
preparation	O
for	O
a	O
backup	O
or	O
other	O
maintenance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
software	O
applications	O
that	O
modify	O
information	O
stored	O
on	O
disk	B-Device
,	O
this	O
generally	O
involves	O
flushing	O
any	O
outstanding	O
writes	O
;	O
see	O
buffering	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Symantec	O
's	O
Livestate	O
–	O
now	O
includes	O
a	O
quiesce	B-Device
process	O
,	O
as	O
does	O
VMware	O
's	O
VI3	O
snapshot	O
and	O
VCB	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
DB2	O
LUW	O
supports	O
a	O
Quiesce	B-Device
command	O
that	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
indicate	O
a	O
state	O
for	O
which	O
all	O
users	O
have	O
been	O
locked	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
database	O
or	O
an	O
instance	O
(	O
of	O
databases	O
)	O
so	O
that	O
administrative	O
tasks	O
can	O
be	O
performed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
DB2	O
for	O
z/OS	O
,	O
OS/390	O
and	O
IBM	O
i	O
Operating	O
System	O
has	O
a	O
utility	O
command	O
called	O
QUIESCE	B-Device
,	O
used	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
write	O
all	O
data	O
belonging	O
to	O
a	O
certain	O
database	O
(	O
a	O
logical	O
entity	O
in	O
a	O
DB2	O
subsystem	O
)	O
from	O
the	O
buffers	B-General_Concept
,	O
helping	O
utility	O
programs	O
get	O
DRAIN	O
access	O
on	O
the	O
datasets	O
quickly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ORACLE	O
also	O
supports	O
a	O
Quiesce	B-Device
command	O
since	O
version	O
9i	O
which	O
allows	O
existing	O
users	O
to	O
continue	O
to	O
use	O
resources	O
but	O
disallows	O
new	O
resources	O
being	O
made	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SYBASE	O
ASE	O
12.0	O
and	O
above	O
support	O
a	O
QUIESCE	B-Device
DATABASE	O
command	O
that	O
prevents	O
any	O
process	O
from	O
running	O
commands	O
that	O
write	O
to	O
the	O
transaction	O
log	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Protocol
Windows	I-Protocol
SharePoint	I-Protocol
Services	I-Protocol
3.0	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
Office	O
SharePoint	O
Server	O
2007/2010	O
support	O
a	O
QUIESCE	B-Device
or	O
QUIESCE	B-Device
FROM	O
TEMPLATE	O
(	O
2010	O
)	O
option	O
within	O
the	O
Central	O
Administration	O
operations	O
window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
JADE	B-Language
Object	O
Oriented	O
Database	O
system	O
can	O
perform	O
a	O
quiesced	O
backup	O
with	O
the	O
parameter	O
'	O
quiesced=true	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
database	O
is	O
placed	O
in	O
a	O
quiescent	O
state	O
by	O
allowing	O
current	O
active	O
transactions	O
to	O
complete	O
and	O
then	O
flushing	O
modified	O
buffers	B-General_Concept
from	O
cache	O
to	O
the	O
stable	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Team	I-Application
Foundation	I-Application
Server	I-Application
supports	O
quiesce	B-Device
functionality	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
TFS	O
Service	O
Control	O
command-line	O
utility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Microsoft	O
Knowledge	O
Base	O
article	O
describes	O
it	O
by	O
indicating	O
that	O
it	O
disables	O
access	O
to	O
Team	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
Server	I-Application
services	O
for	O
the	O
duration	O
of	O
servicing	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
