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Paging space commands in AIX

Below are the commands related to the paging space in AIX.


lsps -a To list out all paging spaces


lsps hd6 To display the details of the paging space hd6


chps -a y paging00 To turn on the paging space paging00 on next reboot


chps -a n paging00 To turn off the paging space paging00 on next reboot


chps -s4 paging00 To increase the size of the paging space in 4 LP blocks


mkps -a -n -s4 newvg To create a paging space on VG newvg of 4 LP size (-s4) and activate it immediately (-n) and activate it at every restarts


rmps paging00 To remove the paging space paging00


swapon -a To invoke all entries in /etc/swapspaces file


swapon /dev/paging00 To make available swap space paging00


swapoff /dev/paging00 To disable swap space paging00



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