Martin, Thanks a lot! Yeah, this did the trick.
One more question, do I have to add the below line to /etc/vfstab? Shouldn't "swap -a" do that automatically? Tamer Martin Bochnig wrote: > ZFS file systems cannot be used for swap files. > > # cd /zpool1 > # mkfile 10g swapfile > # swap -a /zpool1/swapfile > "/zpool1/swapfile" may contain holes - can't swap on it. > > You can, however, use zvols to add swap space onto a ZFS pool: > > # > # Add swap partition in the /export/home zfs partition > # > echo "adding zfs swap" > if [ ! -L /dev/zvol/dsk/export/swap ] > then > echo "creating swap area" > zfs create -V 1gb export/swap > fi > echo "/dev/zvol/dsk/export/swap - - swap - no -" >> /etc/vfstab > /usr/sbin/swap -a /dev/zvol/dsk/export/swap > > > %martin > http://visgetidentifier.blogspot.com/ > > On 12/16/08, Tamer Embaby <t...@tsemba.org> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> I have a Solaris 10 U5 server with 3 partitions: >> >> 1- UFS for / >> 2- swap for swap space >> 3- the rest is used as ZFS pool (/zfs_pool) >> >> Now I need to add more more swap space using "swap -a <file>" >> and I don't have enough space on /, can create this file on >> the ZFS pool and then add it to the swap space? >> >> For instance: >> >> # mkfile 4g /zfs_pool/some_zfs_fs/swap_002 >> # swap -a /zfs_pool/some_zfs_fs/swap_002 >> >> Is this supported? Will it work? >> >> Zpool verison: 4 >> ZFS version: N/A >> >> Thanks, >> Tamer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> opensolaris-discuss mailing list >> opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org >> >> > > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
