Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual page 2941

To
Delete a swap file from
a designated volume
Change the parameter
values for a swap file
on a designated
volume
Using Swap Files
Do the following in NetWare Remote Manager
1. Click the View Memory Config link in the navigation frame and then the
Swap File Size link on the System Memory Information page.
2. Click the Yes value link in the Swapping Enabled column for the volume
you want to delete the Swap file from.
3. On the Enable Swapping page, click the Disable button.
If you are using protected address spaces, the Java Virtual Machine, or any
other application that uses virtual memory, be sure to keep at least one swap
file.
If the swap file is being used when it is deleted, then the swapped data is
moved to another swap file. If there is no other swap file and there is not
enough physical memory to move all the swapped data, an error message is
displayed and the file is not deleted.
By default, a swap file is created on the volume SYS:. If you do not want a
swap file on volume SYS:, place the SWAP DEL SYS command in the
STARTUP.NCF file.
1. Click the View Memory Config link in the navigation frame and then the
Swap File Size link on the System Memory Information page.
2. Click the link for the value you want to change.
3. On the Enable Swapping page, enter the new values you want.
4. On the Enable Swapping page, click the Change button.
You can create one swap file per volume. The swap file for volume SYS: is
created by default; you can delete it if necessary.
Data moved to disk by virtual memory is stored in any available swap file; it
does not matter which volume the swap file is on. Generally, you should place
swap files on the fastest volume, the one with the most available space, or the
one that is used the least.
When you dismount a volume, the swap file is deleted. To keep a swap file on
that volume, you must create the swap file again when the volume is mounted.
The exception is the swap file for volume SYS:, which is created by default.
For convenience, add the commands to create swap files to the
AUTOEXEC.NCF file, so the files are created each time the server is started.
Swap files are dynamic; they expand and contract as data is swapped in and
out of memory.
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