Re: Problems with paging space

From: Holger.VanKoll@SWISSCOM.COM
Date: Thu Jun 27 2002 - 10:35:13 EDT


and remember you (still?) cant have more than 16 GB swapspace (all together).
paging02 looks big... depending on your pp-size.
btw. you dont have hd8 mirrored...

I agree with Simon... recreate hd6

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Green, Simon [mailto:SGreen@KRAFTEUROPE.COM]
> Sent: Donnerstag, 27. Juni 2002 16:14
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: Problems with paging space
>
>
> As you can see from rc.boot, the system assumes that the
> primary paging
> space in rootvg is hd6. But it isn't on your system;
> sometime in the past
> someone has removed hd6, but has messed it up.
>
> As a first step, you could try editing /sbin/rc.boot so that
> it activates
> /dev/paging02 at startup. You'll need to reboot, of course.
>
> Personally, I would prefer to remove paging02 and re-create hd6 in its
> place.
>
> Take a look in the System Management Guide, Chapter 7: Paging
> Space and
> Virtual Memory. There's a section "Resizing or Moving the hd6 Paging
> Space".
>
> Simon Green
> Philip Morris ITSC Europe
>
> AIX-L Archive at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=aix-l&r=1&w=2
> AIX FAQ at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/aix-faq/
>
> N.B. Unsolicited email from vendors will seldom be appreciated.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dave.Zarnoch@SUNGARD.COM [mailto:Dave.Zarnoch@SUNGARD.COM]
> > Sent: 27 June 2002 14:49
> > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> > Subject: Re: Problems with paging space
> >
> >
> > grep -e hd6 -e paging /sbin/rc.boot
> >
> >
> > # Start paging if no dump
> > [ ! -f /needcopydump ] && swapon /dev/hd6
> > # Don't configure the secondary dump device if it's a paging space
> > # other than hd6.
> > # Note: The primary should be hd6 if it's a paging space.
> > # See if it's a paging space other than hd6
> > if [[ -n "$dev" && "$dev" != "hd6" ]]
> > then # Check for paging space.
> > then # secondary is paging, don't set it now.
> >
> > lsvg -l rootvg
> >
> >
> > LV NAME TYPE LPs PPs PVs LV STATE
> > MOUNT POINT
> > hd5 boot 1 2 2 closed/syncd N/A
> > lv00 jfs 96 192 2 open/syncd /scs
> > hd8 jfslog 1 1 1 open/syncd N/A
> > hd4 jfs 16 32 2 open/syncd /
> > hd2 jfs 63 126 2 open/syncd /usr
> > hd9var jfs 8 16 2 open/syncd /var
> > hd3 jfs 16 32 2 open/syncd /tmp
> > hd1 jfs 32 64 2 open/syncd /home
> > paging02 paging 128 256 2 open/syncd N/A
> >
> > Also:
> >
> > Here's my /etc/swapspaces file:
> >
> > paging02:
> > dev = /dev/paging02
> >
> >
> > paging00:
> > dev = /dev/paging00
> >
> >
> >
> > paging01:
> > dev = /dev/paging01
> >
> >
> >
> > Here's what's in alog:
> >
> > Activating all paging spaces
> > 0517-072 swapon: Cannot activate paging device /dev/paging02.
> > : The requested resource is busy.
> > swapon: Paging device /dev/paging00 activated.
> > swapon: Paging device /dev/paging01 activated.
> >
> > The error is the same one that I get when I try "swapon -a"
>



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