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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!vtc.tacom.army.mil!agis!gatech!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!fizban.solace.mh.se!vampire.xinit.se!newsfeed.tip.net!news.seinf.abb.se!eua.ericsson.se!erinews.ericsson.se!news.algonet.se!seunet!news2.swip.net!nike!peter From: peter@volvo.se (peter h}kanson) Subject: Re: More Swap Space ... Any magic tricks ? References: <42534q$51r@dei.calldei.com> <42d7m3$bsv@moon.igcom.net> <42f73h$6ng@hops.entertain.com> Organization: Volvo Corp. Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 15:58:13 GMT Message-ID: <DEHr12.2JI@volvo.se> Lines: 25 In article <42f73h$6ng@hops.entertain.com>, Darryl Watson <dwatson@abwam.com> wrote: >In article <42d7m3$bsv@moon.igcom.net>, david@terra.igcom.net (David Bauman) says: > >> >> I would think on ANY operating system when expanding a file system >> a complete backup is required since the bigger filesytem will overwrite >> an old one. Also, what is the command to see how much swap space is >> available? >> >> > >AIX supports runtime partition resizing. Really! It takes some time, but >it works. > AIX supports runtime GROWING of partitions. And it might spill them all over your drives.Shrinking a partition still needs dump/restore. So, when drive n goes bad, you have to restore ALL drives Yes, i like this, it keeps my job importent:-) >'pstat -s' is the command I use to monitor swap space.