How to remove /pleskswap file?

Question

How to remove /pleskswap file?

Answer

/pleskswap file is being created by Plesk during the installation when the server lacks RAM capacity.
/pleskswap is mounted via /etc/fstab and behaves as a standard swap space.

Warning: Disabling swap and removing this file is an administrative decision.

If you are sure that the swap space is not required, follow these steps to disable it and remove the file:

1. Open file /etc/fstab with the text editor and comment out or remove the following line:

   CONFIG_TEXT: /pleskswap none swap sw 0 0

   Warning: if /etc/fstab contains errors the next step may lead to the server inoperability.

2. Apply setting from /etc/fsat via the following command:

   # mount -a

3. Disable the swap feature on /pleskswap file and remove it (reboot the server if swapoff hangs):

   # swapoff /pleskswap
   # rm -f /pleskswap