I delete the entire /nsr/tmp directory every time I restart NetWorker.

On 07 23, 2010, at 12:27 PM, George Sinclair wrote:

> A few questions here on /nsr/tmp.
> 
> It's currently only 4.6 MB, and it's not being backed up as there is a 
> default /nsr/tmp/.nsr file to skip everything under there, so I'm 
> assuming that EMC doesn't consider this information vital.
> 
> 1. *If* you shut down NW first, is it safe to remove everything under 
> /nsr/tmp ?
> 
> 2. When you re-start NW, will it automatically re-create the 'tmp' 
> directory, or will it be necessary to first manually re-create it before 
> restarting NW?
> 
> 3. I see a number of older lock files under /nsr/tmp and lots of client 
> completion information files named like:
> 
> /nsr/tmp/sg/groupname/ss.client.blah-blah-blah.
> 
> It looks like these get replaced each day, but regardless, do I really 
> need any of the stuff under /nsr/tmp?
> 
> Will removing everything under tmp cause any headaches to NW, e.g. give 
> it heart failure or cause it to fail to operate properly, wherein maybe 
> somehow it might expect to see previous information stored under there 
> somewhere, but now it can no longer access it?
> 
> 4. Is it recommended to periodically clean out tmp?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> George
> 
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