User Guide

28 Server Memory Administration Guide
Server Memory Administration Guide
103-000147-001
August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
You can manage the swapping of data by controlling the swap files where the
data is stored on disk. To create, delete, and manage swap files, access
NetWare Remote Manager and complete the tasks in the following table:
To Do the following in NetWare Remote Manager
Learn about the
SWAP command
Click the Console Commands link in the navigation frame and then the SWAP
Info icon on the Console Commands page.
Display the Swap File
Usage Information
page
Click the View Memory Config link in the navigation frame and then the Swap File
Size icon on the System Memory Information page.
Create a swap file on a
designated volume
1. Click the View Memory Config link in the navigation frame and then the
Swap File Size link on the System Memory Information page.
2. Click the No value link in the Swapping Enabled column for the volume
you want to enable.
3. (Optional) On the Enable Swapping page, enter the values you want in the
Minimum Size (2), Maximum Size (5), and Minimum Volume Free Size
fields (free volume space). If you leave these fields blank, the default
values in the parenthesis are used. These parameters specify minimum
and maximum size of the swap file and the minimum free space that must
be left on the volume.
4. On the Enable Swapping page, click the Enable button.
5. If the file is not on volume SYS: add the commands to create swap files to
the AUTOEXEC.NCF file so the files are created each time the server is
started.
The command syntax is SWAP ADD volume_name [parameter=value...]
Optional parameters are MIN, MAX, and MIN FREE.
For example:
SWAP ADD VOL1 MIN=3, MAX=6, MIN FREE=2000