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→Adding Swap to an RHEL LVM Swap Volume
By default, RHEL 5 configures swap space using Logical Volume Management (LVM). An alternative to adding swap via file, therefore, is to extend the logical volume used for the swap.
The first step is to identify the current amount of swap available and the volume group and logical volume used for the swap space (for more information on LVM, refer to the chapter entitled [[Adding a New Disk to an RHEL 5 Volume Group and Logical Volume]]):
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/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol01 partition 3014648 0 -2
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== Adding Swap Space to the Volume Group ==
