How to increase swap/pagefile size in IBM AIX server ?
Today we will see a quick way how to increase the pagefile size/swap size on an IBM AIX server.
Lets see it step by step.
1. Check current pagefile size on the server.
ngeaix001 --> lsps -a Page Space Physical Volume Volume Group Size %Used Active Auto Type Chksum hd6 hdisk0 rootvg 12288MB 63 yes yes lv 0 ngeaix001 -->
2. Provide LUN ID to the storage team to increase its size by required space.
3. Reexamine the disk on server to know if any changes have occurred to the Volume Group.
ngeaix001 --> chvg -g rootvg
4. Increase the size of the paging space by “128” logical partitions.
ngeaix001 --> chps -s 128 hd6
Sometimes we need to run above command multiple times on the server.
5. Check out the new increased size.
ngeaix001 --> lsps -a Page Space Physical Volume Volume Group Size %Used Active Auto Type Chksum hd6 hdisk0 rootvg 28672MB 27 yes yes lv 0 ngeaix001 -->