Difference between revisions of "Add a swap disk"

Latest revision as of 16:30, 24 August 2023

Verify if swap available and number of disks:
- swapon --show
- lsblk | grep disk
- ls -la /dev/nvme*
Add a disk to the server
Check the new volume with lsblk
Create swap: sudo mkswap /dev/nvme####n1
Add swap in /etc/fstab

sudo vi /etc/fstab
UUID=XXXXXXX none swap defaults 0 0

UUID=4f724150-4b94-11e9-b2d3-5254001d0c45 none swap defaults 0 0

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+* Verify if swap available and number of disks:
+** <code>[[swapon --show]]</code>
+** <code>[[lsblk]] | grep [[disk]]</code>
+** <code>[[ls -la]] [[/dev/nvme]]*</code>
 * [[Add a disk]] to the server
 * Check the new volume with <code>[[lsblk]]</code>
-* Create swap: sudo <code>[[mkswap]] -f /dev/nvme5n1</code>
+* Create swap: sudo <code>[[mkswap]] [[/dev/nvme]]####n1</code>
 * Add swap in <code>[[/etc/fstab]]</code>
-  sudo vi /etc/fstab
+  sudo vi [[/etc/fstab]]
-  UID none swap defaults 0 0
+  UUID=XXXXXXX none swap [[defaults]] 0 0
-* Mount swap : sudo [[mount -a]]
+* Mount swap : sudo <code>[[mount -a]]</code>
-* Enable swap: [[swapon]] /dev/nvme5n1
+* Enable swap: <code>[[swapon]] /dev/nvme####n1</code>
-* Check swap [[free -h]]
+* Check swap <code>[[free -h]]</code> or <code>[[swapon --show]]</code>
+ [[UUID]]=4f724150-4b94-11e9-b2d3-5254001d0c45 none swap defaults 0 0
 == Related ==
-* [[swapoff -a]]
+* <code>[[swapoff -a]]</code>
+* [[Add a new disk]]
+* [[lsblk]] | grep disk
 == See also ==
 * {{swap}}
 * [[memory]]
+* {{disk}}
 [[Category:Computing]]