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Chapter 6 Administering ESX Server
3Click!OK!to!save!your!settings!and!return!to!the!Failover!Paths!tab.!
The!name!of!the!failover!policy!appears!next!to!each!SAN!LUN!in!the!failover!paths!
list.!
For!more!information!on!failover!policies,!see!“Setting!Your!Multipathing!Policy!for!a!
LUN”!on!page 275.
Configuring Failover Paths
You!can!enable!or!disable!individual!failover!paths!by!changing!their!status!in!the!
Adapter!icon!pulldown!menu.
Configuring a Swap File
Use!the!Swap!Configuration!option!to!create!and!configure!a!swap!file,!which!enables!
your!virtual!machines!to!use!more!memory!than!is!physically!available!on!the!server.!
For!background,!see!“Memory!Resource!Management”!on!page 345.
Figure 6-7. Swap Configuration pane
You!can!manage!a!single!swap!file!with!the!management!interface.!ESX!Server!can!
manage!up!to!eight!swap!files,!but!you!must!use!vmkfstools.!See!“Using!vmkfstools”!
on!page 249.
Click!Edit!to!change!the!following!swap!file!settings:
! Volume!on!which!to!locate!the!swap!file.
! Name!of!the!swap!file,!which!defaults!to!SwapFile.vswp.!To!change!the!name!of!
the!swap!file,!select!Other!from!the!File!Name!list,!and!type!the!name!of!the!swap!
file.!The!file!must!have!a!.vswp!extension.
! Capacity!of!the!swap!file!in!MB.!A!recommended!value!is!provided.