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3. Remove the paging00 paging space using the rmps command:
# rmps paging00
rmlv: Logical volume paging00 is removed.
If the paging space you are removing is the default dump device, you must
change the default dump device to another paging space or logical volume
before removing the paging space. To change the default dump device, use the
sysdumpdev -P -p /dev/new_dump_device command.
In AIX 5L, you can use the swapoff command to move all pages out of a paging
space that is to be removed. After pages are moved out, use the rmps command
to remove the paging space. In the following example, paging00 is removed:
# swapoff /dev/paging00
# rmps paging00
rmlv: Logical volume paging00 is removed.
With AIX 5L, managing paging space also became much simpler. You can
reduce the size of paging space dynamically. For example, remove one logical
partition from paging00 by running:
# chps -d 1 paging00
shrinkps: Temporary paging space paging01 created.
shrinkps: Paging space paging00 removed.
shrinkps: Paging space paging00 recreated with new size.
Rebooting of the server is not needed.
The chps command automatically creates the temporary paging spaces as
needed in AIX 5L.
7.6 Command summary
The following sections review commands discussed in this chapter and the flags
most often used.
7.6.1 The lsvg command
The lsvg command sets the characteristics of a volume group. The command
has the following syntax:
lsvg [ -L ] [ -o ] | [ -n DescriptorPhysicalVolume ] | [ -i ] [ -l | -M | -p ]
VolumeGroup ...
The most commonly used flag is provided in Table 7-3 on page 170.
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