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linux:create_swap [2024/05/16 09:26]
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linux:create_swap [2024/05/16 09:37] (current)
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 Check the current swap space Check the current swap space
 <cli prompt='#'>​ <cli prompt='#'>​
-[root@lnxb080 ​~]# free+[root@lnxb080 ​etc]# free -h
               total        used        free      shared ​ buff/​cache ​  ​available               total        used        free      shared ​ buff/​cache ​  ​available
-Mem:        ​7793408 ​    ​1477056 ​     787968 ​     393280 ​    ​5528384 ​    ​5224384 +Mem:          ​7.4Gi ​      ​1.4Gi ​      ​784Mi ​      ​384Mi ​      ​5.3Gi ​      5.0Gi 
-Swap:       2097088 ​     216448 ​    ​1880640+Swap:         2.0Gi       ​211Mi       ​1.8Gi 
 [root@lnxb080 ~]# swapon --show [root@lnxb080 ~]# swapon --show
 NAME      TYPE      SIZE   USED PRIO NAME      TYPE      SIZE   USED PRIO
 /dev/dm-6 partition ​  2G 211.4M ​  -2 /dev/dm-6 partition ​  2G 211.4M ​  -2
 +
 [root@lnxb080 ~]# ll /dev/dm-6 [root@lnxb080 ~]# ll /dev/dm-6
 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 6 Jan  8 21:00 /dev/dm-6 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 6 Jan  8 21:00 /dev/dm-6
-[root@lnxb080 ~]# ll /dev/+
 [root@lnxb080 ~]# lsblk [root@lnxb080 ~]# lsblk
 NAME                     ​MAJ:​MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE  MOUNTPOINT NAME                     ​MAJ:​MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE  MOUNTPOINT
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 # swapon /​dev/​{swap_partition} # swapon /​dev/​{swap_partition}
 </​cli>​ </​cli>​
 +
 +Check fstab
 +<cli prompt='#'>​
 +[root@lnxb080 etc]# cat fstab
 +...
 +/​dev/​mapper/​rootvg-swap none                    swap    defaults ​       0 0
 +</​cli>​
 +
 +==== Creating a Swap File (instead of partition) ====
 +
 +Create the swap file with 4GB
 +<cli prompt='#'>​
 +# fallocate -l 4G /​swap/​swapfile01
 +or
 +# mkswap -U clear --size 4G --file /​swap/​swapfile01
 +</​cli>​
 +
 +Change the permissions
 +<cli prompt='#'>​
 +# chmod 600 /​swap/​swapfile01
 +</​cli>​
 +
 +Format the swap
 +<cli prompt='#'>​
 +# mkswap /​swap/​swapfile01
 +</​cli>​
 +
 +Add to /etc/fstab
 +  /swapfile none swap defaults 0 0
 +
 +
linux/create_swap.1715844401.txt.gz · Last modified: 2024/05/16 09:26 by manu