Hello,
After my primary HDD pool was created, I recently added my SSD to my new install and forgot to set the swap parameter in system to 0 before creating it, so I'm stuck with this 2GB partition and want to take all precautions before removing swap from it. So I built a simple FreeNAS VM and duplicated my setup in an attempt to see what would happen on 11.1 if I remove a ZFS volume, set the advanced setting to 0, and make a new volume to replace it. The result was mixed: I saw there was no swap partition on the new volume, but the swap mount was still there for a partition that no longer exists.
I don't want to go forward with a system configured this way. Should the swap configuration be removed when the volume is detached? How can I configure the NAS so that the swap device is not created on boot?
I tested rebooting with a new post-init task running
After doing some google + forum searching, I don't see any permanent solutions offered because swap is does not appear to be handled exactly the same as on a FreeBSD system.
Thanks!
After my primary HDD pool was created, I recently added my SSD to my new install and forgot to set the swap parameter in system to 0 before creating it, so I'm stuck with this 2GB partition and want to take all precautions before removing swap from it. So I built a simple FreeNAS VM and duplicated my setup in an attempt to see what would happen on 11.1 if I remove a ZFS volume, set the advanced setting to 0, and make a new volume to replace it. The result was mixed: I saw there was no swap partition on the new volume, but the swap mount was still there for a partition that no longer exists.
I don't want to go forward with a system configured this way. Should the swap configuration be removed when the volume is detached? How can I configure the NAS so that the swap device is not created on boot?
I tested rebooting with a new post-init task running
swapoff /dev/mirror/swap2.eli
because fstab seems to get overwritten automatically on boot and this ultimately unmounted the swap device and the total swap available looked OK. Is this a recommended solution or is there something more permanent? I would prefer to not do this via task, but with something more permanent, if possible.After doing some google + forum searching, I don't see any permanent solutions offered because swap is does not appear to be handled exactly the same as on a FreeBSD system.
Thanks!
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