BPFSMAP_TMPDIR is where netbackup puts its temporary files, mainly inode
maps (as you found).  I know that NDMP backups as well as FlashBackup
backups use this location to store their inode maps.  There are probably
other pieces that use it too.  You can make this a symlink to another
partition that has more space, if you like.  And if there aren't any
processes that have the files open in that directory, then you can pretty
safely remove them.  The most common cause for the inode files to get
left over is if Netbackup froze or otherwise choked, and couldn't clean
up after itself...

Some people (with lots of extra memory) symlink it to /tmp for better
performance.  Others (what I've done before) have symlinked it to it's
own stripped filesystem for better performance...

I would imagine that it's mainly the NetApp backups that would be creating
large inode map files...and your backups might be sped up if you move
that temporary location somewhere else...

Todd

On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 04:35:38PM -0800, Jeff Kennedy wrote:
> My /usr/openv partition is getting very full, and it's not because of
> the image directory.  My /usr/openv/netbackup/db is on it's own A5100
> storage array, that's how frickin huge it's getting!  So image size is
> not affecting the overall /usr/openv partition on the local disk.
> 
> Under /usr/openv/netbackup there is a directory called BPFSMAP_TMPDIR,
> anyone know what that is?  It's almost 4GB in size, and it contains what
> looks like inode map files.  The dates range back into January and these
> files are huge.
> 
> The master server is Solaris 7 with NBU 3.4.  I am also backing up
> NetApp's which is the vast majority of data.  Don't know if any of that
> helps but there it is.
> 
> Thanks.
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