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About This Book

1.  Managing Removable Media (Overview)

2.  Managing Removable Media (Tasks)

3.  Accessing Removable Media (Tasks)

4.  Writing CDs and DVDs (Tasks)

5.  Managing Devices (Overview/Tasks)

6.  Dynamically Configuring Devices (Tasks)

7.  Using USB Devices (Overview)

8.  Using USB Devices (Tasks)

9.  Using InfiniBand Devices (Overview/Tasks)

10.  Managing Disks (Overview)

11.  Administering Disks (Tasks)

12.  SPARC: Setting Up Disks (Tasks)

13.  x86: Setting Up Disks (Tasks)

14.  Configuring Oracle Solaris iSCSI Targets and Initiators (Tasks)

15.  The format Utility (Reference)

16.  Managing File Systems (Overview)

17.  Creating and Mounting File Systems (Tasks)

18.  Using The CacheFS File System (Tasks)

19.  Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)

About Swap Space

Swap Space and Virtual Memory

Swap Space and the TMPFS File System

Swap Space as a Dump Device

Swap Space and Dynamic Reconfiguration

Configuring Swap Space in a SAN Environment

How Do I Know If I Need More Swap Space?

Swap-Related Error Messages

TMPFS-Related Error Messages

How Swap Space Is Allocated

Swap Areas and the /etc/vfstab File

Planning for Swap Space

Allocating Swap Space for UFS-Based Systems

Allocating Swap Space for ZFS-Based Systems

Monitoring Swap Resources

Adding More Swap Space

Creating a Swap File in a UFS Root Environment

mkfile Command

How to Create a Swap File and Make It Available in UFS Root Environment

Adding or Changing Swap Space in an Oracle Solaris ZFS Root Environment

How to Add Swap Space in an Oracle Solaris ZFS Root Environment

Removing a Swap File From Use

How to Remove Unneeded Swap Space in UFS Root Environment

How to Remove a Swap Volume in a ZFS Root Environment

20.  Checking UFS File System Consistency (Tasks)

21.  UFS File System (Reference)

22.  Backing Up and Restoring UFS File Systems (Overview)

23.  Backing Up UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)

24.  Using UFS Snapshots (Tasks)

25.  Restoring UFS Files and File Systems (Tasks)

26.  UFS Backup and Restore Commands (Reference)

27.  Copying Files and File Systems (Tasks)

28.  Managing Tape Drives (Tasks)

Index

Chapter 19

Configuring Additional Swap Space (Tasks)

This chapter provides guidelines and step-by-step instructions for configuring additional swap space for both UFS root file system and ZFS root file system environments after the Oracle Solaris OS is installed.

This is a list of the step-by-step instructions in this chapter.

This is a list of the overview information in this chapter.