Resizing swap space on VMWare ESX Linux
 

google it my friend...
you'll find tons of links on how to do it ..

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 1:41 PM, sunhux G <sunhux@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We've over-allocated the swap space on a newly installed
> VMWARE ESX - 6Gb.
>
> I was told that 800MB is the max & possibly 600MB for
> swap space is sufficient though the VMWare blade comes
> with 32Gb memory.
>
> How can I reduce the swap space size without reinstalling
> the ESX?
>
>
> Thanks
> U
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Resizing swap space on VMWare ESX Linux
 

While VMWare ESX is a Linux kernel, it is part of VMWare. You might be
better off checking with the VMWare user group.

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>
> Hi,
>
> We've over-allocated the swap space on a newly installed
> VMWARE ESX - 6Gb.
>
> I was told that 800MB is the max & possibly 600MB for
> swap space is sufficient though the VMWare blade comes
> with 32Gb memory.
>
> How can I reduce the swap space size without reinstalling
> the ESX?




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Resizing swap space on VMWare ESX Linux
 

Do you need to change the swap space of service console in ESX?

You can make use of mkswap, swapon commands to do this. Check the man
page of these commands.

Thanks,
Krishnaprasad

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Subject: Resizing swap space on VMWare ESX Linux

Hi,

We've over-allocated the swap space on a newly installed
VMWARE ESX - 6Gb.

I was told that 800MB is the max & possibly 600MB for
swap space is sufficient though the VMWare blade comes
with 32Gb memory.

How can I reduce the swap space size without reinstalling
the ESX?


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U
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Resizing swap space on VMWare ESX Linux
 

YOu can change the swap allocation in Virtual Center.
Highlight the host, go to configuration, then memory. You can tell it
what you want.
It does require a reboot. This swap is only for the service console,
and unless you run a lot of stuff outside what was delivered, then you
really don't need anywhere near 600 MB.

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Subject: RE: Resizing swap space on VMWare ESX Linux

Do you need to change the swap space of service console in ESX?

You can make use of mkswap, swapon commands to do this. Check the man
page of these commands.

Thanks,
Krishnaprasad

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Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:42 PM
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Subject: Resizing swap space on VMWare ESX Linux

Hi,

We've over-allocated the swap space on a newly installed
VMWARE ESX - 6Gb.

I was told that 800MB is the max & possibly 600MB for
swap space is sufficient though the VMWare blade comes
with 32Gb memory.

How can I reduce the swap space size without reinstalling
the ESX?


Thanks
U
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Resizing swap space on VMWare ESX Linux
 

Blackburn, Marvin wrote:
YOu can change the swap allocation in Virtual Center.
Highlight the host, go to configuration, then memory. You can tell it

what you want.


No, this is the physical memory allocated to the service console, not
the swap allocation. You can verify this by logging into the service
console and executing the 'free -m' command. You will also see this
parameter passed to the kernel on boot via grub.conf.



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Resizing swap space on VMWare ESX Linux
 

Resize swap space is only possible by creating 1st other eswap space,
close all applicaton (very less memory use) swapoff the first swap and
then claim back by format different filesystem and then turn on the
other swap. These are my guess I did not do anything like this.

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 4:11 AM, sunhux G <sunhux@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We've over-allocated the swap space on a newly installed
> VMWARE ESX - 6Gb.
>
> I was told that 800MB is the max & possibly 600MB for
> swap space is sufficient though the VMWare blade comes
> with 32Gb memory.
>
> How can I reduce the swap space size without reinstalling
> the ESX?
>
>
> Thanks
> U
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Resizing swap space on VMWare ESX Linux
 

Hi

What are the commands for me to achieve the suggestions below?

Thanks
U

=============

Resize swap space is only possible by creating 1st other eswap space,
close all applicaton (very less memory use) swapoff the first swap and
then claim back by format different filesystem and then turn on the
other swap.
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Resizing swap space on VMWare ESX Linux
 

Mkswap , swapon and swapoff are the command sets.
For more information please see the man page of each command

Thanks,
krishnaprasad

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Subject: Re: Resizing swap space on VMWare ESX Linux

Hi

What are the commands for me to achieve the suggestions below?

Thanks
U

=============

Resize swap space is only possible by creating 1st other eswap space,
close all applicaton (very less memory use) swapoff the first swap and
then claim back by format different filesystem and then turn on the
other swap.
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Resizing swap space on VMWare ESX Linux
 

Thank you Krishna Prasad. I had a typo eswap it is actually swap.

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 2:51 AM, <Krishnaprasad_K@dell.com> wrote:
> Mkswap , swapon and swapoff are the command sets.
> For more information please see the man page of each command
>
> Thanks,
> krishnaprasad
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 6:37 AM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: Resizing swap space on VMWare ESX Linux
>
> Hi
>
> What are the commands for me to achieve the suggestions below?
>
> Thanks
> U
>
> =============
>
> Resize swap space is only possible by creating 1st other eswap space,
> close all applicaton (very less memory use) swapoff the first swap and
> then claim back by format different filesystem and then turn on the
> other swap.
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