windows_paging_file Cookbook

This cookbook provides Chef recipes that manage the virtual memory (paging file) of the Windows OS.

Tested Windows server version: 2008, 2012

Windows paging file size management rules:

Automatically managed for all drives
If not, the user has the authority with below setting options for each drive
- Set custom size (Initial and Maximum in MegaBytes)
- System managed
- No paging file

Requirements

Managed Node: Windows OS

name	initial_size	maximum_size	system_managed	automatic_managed
path to the customized paging file, e.g. "C:/pagefile.sys"	initial page file size in MegaBytes; check Windows support document for acceptable value	maximum page file size in MegaBytes; check Windows support document for acceptable value	`true/false`	`true/false`

Include windows_paging_file in your node's run_list:

{
  "name":"my_node",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[windows_paging_file::set_page_file]"
  ]
}

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