VirtualMemory

VirtualMemory

Parameters

Parameter	Attribute	DataType	Description	Allowed Values
Drive	Key	String	The drive letter for which paging settings should be set. Can be letter only, letter and colon or letter with colon and trailing slash.
Type	Key	String	The type of the paging setting to use. If set to AutoManagePagingFile, the drive letter will be ignored. If set to SystemManagedSize, the values for InitialSize and MaximumSize will be ignored	AutoManagePagingFile, CustomSize, SystemManagedSize, NoPagingFile
InitialSize	Write	SInt64	The initial size of the page file in Megabyte
MaximumSize	Write	SInt64	The maximum size of the page file in Megabyte

Description

The resource allows configuration of properties of the paging file on the local computer.

Examples

Example 1

Example script that sets the paging file to reside on drive C with the custom size 2048MB.

Configuration VirtualMemory_SetVirtualMemory_Config
{
    Import-DSCResource -ModuleName ComputerManagementDsc

    Node localhost
    {
        VirtualMemory PagingSettings
        {
            Type        = 'CustomSize'
            Drive       = 'C'
            InitialSize = '2048'
            MaximumSize = '2048'
        }
    }
}