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Repartition swap space for metadb

I need to reallocated swap space to be used for metadb's. How do I repartition swap space while not affecting the rest of the disk to allow for the creation of new, unassigned slices/partitions? Partition 4 is a mounted file system. I would like to use partitions 5 and 6 for the metadb requirements. I am looking for step-by-step instructions.

Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks
0 root wm 0 - 5671 7.81GB (5672/0/0) 16386408
1 swap wu 5672 - 6380 1000.15MB (709/0/0) 2048301
2 backup wm 0 - 24619 33.92GB (24620/0/0) 71127180
3 home wm 6381 - 15497 12.56GB (9117/0/0) 26339013
4 unassigned wm 15498 - 24614 12.56GB (9117/0/0) 26339013
5 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
6 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0
7 unassigned wm 0 0 (0/0/0) 0

I have referenced the Solstice DiskSuite 4.2.1 User's Guide pages 51-52 but there are no specific instructions for the repartitioning (step 4). I am concerned about affecting other partitions with the format process!

liddler

Yes you will have to affect one of the current partitions!

Basically you need to decide which partition (0, 3 or 4) you want to resize. Once you have decided this do the following (I am assuming you choose slice 4, we are controller 0 and you want 2Gb of swap)
Back the data on slice 4 up, either to another partition or a tape / CD / DVD
umount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s4 (you may have to stop some application to allow this)
use format to decrease the size of slice 4, say by 4 Gb + 50 Mb
increase size slice 5 to 2GB
increase size slice 6 to 2GB
increase size slice 7 to 50 Mb

newfs /dev/dsk/cot0d0s4
mount /dev/dsk/cot0d0s4 /old_mount_point (onto wherever)
metadb -a -f -c 2 c0t0d0s7
metainit -f d11 1 1 c0t0d0s5
metainit d12 1 1 c0t0d0s6
metainit d10 -m d11
metattach d10 d12
swap -a /dev/dsk/md/d10

make sure to manually edit the /etc/vfstab, add a line
/dev/md/dsk/d10 - - swap - no -

Backup is REALLY important

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glassd

Usually you can't modify a partition which is in use. You should disable swap first:

Check out what the swap partition is:
swap -l
Disable the swap partition (for example):
swap -d /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1
Now use format to squish the swap partition and assign the free space to a new partition.
Add swap back when complete:
swap -a /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1

liddler

Sorry my mistake, I thought ars21292 was looking to add a second swap partition and put it under sds