Saturday, September 5, 2015

How to create/increase/decrease/remove/disable the paging space in aix?

How to create/increase/decrease/remove/disable the paging space in aix?



LIST
How to list out all the paging space details?       #lsps –a       
How to list out the consolidate paging space size?  #lsps –s
CREATE
How to create the paging space
#mkps –s <no of pp> -n –a rootvg       mkps –s 8 –n –a rootvg
INCREASE
How to Increase the Paging space?
#chps –s <no of pp> <paging name>       chps –s 8 paging00
DECREASE
How to decrease the paging space?
#chps –d <no of pp> <paging name>      chps –d 4 pagin00
DELETE
How to delete the paging space?
#swapoff /dev/<paging name>               swapoff /dev/paging00
#rmps <paging name>                            rmps paging00
CONFIGURATION FILE
All the paging space is defined in /etc/swapspaces.       # cat /etc/swapspaces
ENABLE
How to enable the paging space?      #swapon /dev/pagin00
DISABLE
How to disable the paging space?     #swapoff /dev/paging00