View source for Manipulating swap space on a running Solaris system


== Listing swap files in use ==

The following command will list all active swap files:

   swap -l

with output looking like this:

   swapfile             dev  swaplo blocks   free
   /dev/md/dsk/d10     85,10     16 8389632 8389632


== Adding swap space ==

So you need more swap temporarily.  Here's how:

1. Make a file to add to swap

   mkfile 2g /export/tempfile

This will crate a 2Gb file.

2. Add the file to the swap pool

   swap -a /export/tempfile

then check it worked with 
    
   swap -l
   swapfile             
   dev  swaplo blocks   free
   /dev/md/dsk/d10     85,10     16 8389632 8389632
   /export/tempfile      -       16 6291440 6291440

== Delete a swap file ==

Finished with your temporary swap file.  Delete it:

  swap -d /export/tempfile