{"id":5955,"date":"2023-02-17T15:47:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T10:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/?p=5955"},"modified":"2023-02-17T15:47:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T10:17:16","slug":"solaris-opensolaris-add-swap-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trysiteprice.com\/blog\/solaris-opensolaris-add-swap-file\/","title":{"rendered":"Solaris \/ OpenSolaris Add Swap File"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To add a swap file in Solaris or OpenSolaris, follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Determine the size of the swap file that you want to create. The size of the swap file should be at least as large as the amount of RAM installed on the system. For example, if you have 1GB of RAM, you may want to create a 1GB swap file.<\/li>\n<li>Create an empty file of the appropriate size using the <code>mkfile<\/code> command. For example, to create a 1GB swap file called <code>\/swapfile<\/code>, use the following command:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-bash\">sudo mkfile 1g \/swapfile<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Note that you will need to run this command as the root user or with <code>sudo<\/code> privileges.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Use the <code>swap -a<\/code> command to add the swap file to the system as a swap device. For example:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-bash\">sudo swap -a \/swapfile<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Verify that the swap file has been added by running the <code>swap -l<\/code> command. This command lists all the available swap devices on the system:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs\">sudo swap -l<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>You should see the new swap file listed in the output.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>Make the swap file permanent by adding it to the <code>\/etc\/vfstab<\/code> file. Open the <code>\/etc\/vfstab<\/code> file in a text editor and add the following line to the end of the file:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-bash\">\/swapfile - - swap - no -<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Save and close the <code>\/etc\/vfstab<\/code> file.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>Finally, activate the new swap file by running the <code>swap -a<\/code> command again:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"bg-black mb-4 rounded-md\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center relative text-gray-200 bg-gray-800 px-4 py-2 text-xs font-sans\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"p-4 overflow-y-auto\"><code class=\"!whitespace-pre hljs language-css\">sudo swap -<span class=\"hljs-selector-tag\">a<\/span><br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That&#8217;s it! 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