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Paging Space in AIX


System paging space

#lsps -a -- current utilization of each of the paging spaces on a system

lsps -s ------- total active paging space and its current utilization.

swapon----  to activate the initial paging-space device.

swapoff --command to dynamically deactivate the paging space,

swapon -a ---Activates listed in the /etc/swapspaces


Creating paginglv-----

smit mklv

eg:   Name-------paging03
On ---------------------hdisk5
VG --------------------rootvg

b) swapon /dev/paging03-----To activate paging


Increasing and decreasing paginglv

Use the chps -d command to decrease the size of paging03 by 2 logical partitions

# chps -d 2 paging03

To increase

#chps –s 2 paging03