Alcatel 5620 Troubleshooting Manual page 127

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Alcatel 5620 Service Aware Manager, Release 2.1 R2
May 2005 95-5887-01-00-B
Create a new swap file by typing:
mkfile swapfilesizem swapfilename ↵
where
swapfilesize is the size of the swap file you are creating. The size of the swapfilesize is followed by
an m to denote Mbytes.
swapfilename is the name of the swap file you are creating
The vfstab file controls which partitions are mounted. Edit the vfstab file:
i Use a text editor, such as vi or textedit, to edit the vfstab file by typing:
vi /etc/vfstab ↵
ii Move the cursor to the last line in the vfstab file and type:
/swapdirectory/swapfilename - - swap - no -
where
swapdirectory is the name of the directory where you created the new swap file
swapfilename is the name of the swap file you created
iii Save the changes and quit the text editor.
To allocate the emergency swap file, type:
swap -a /swapdirectory/swapfilename ↵
where
swapdirectory is the name of the directory where you created the new swap file
swapfilename is the name of the swap file you created
Verify that the swap file is allocated by typing:
swap -l ↵
and
swap -s ↵
Several lines are displayed. The format of the last line is:
total: 52108k bytes allocated + 24944k reserved = 77052k used,
93992k available
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