Kill the peer node start process and run peer note pause -c channel. If you are running under a kubernetes POD, edit the deployment:

kubectl edit deployment -n namespace peer1-org-allshitrandomname and add the the following directive as container entrypoint / start peer:

command: ["sleep", "infinite"].

After that, get a pod shell:

k exec -i -t -n fabric peer1-f594fcfc5-46hlc -- /bin/sh

And run the: peer node pause -c channel_name

Command.