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sdo
Moderator
10 years ago

Large files in BackupExec user temp folder...

Windows 2008 R2 - BE 2012 SP3.

I have quite a few large(ish) files in the 1GB to 2GB range - many are several months old in:

C:\Users\my-be-user\AppData\local\temp

...with file names like:

{GUID}.dr.drivers.tmp

{GUID}.bsets.tmp.xml

Questions:

1) Is it ok to delete these files?

...if so:

2) Can they be removed whilst BE is up and running?

3) Or must BE application be taken down to delete these files?

Thanks.

2012
Backup and Recovery
Backup Exec
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Windows Server (2003-2008)

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  • sdo's avatar
    sdo
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    Unless I'm misreading something, none of those entries or scripts in that blog posting target the \AppData\Local\Temp folder.

    *EDIT* I am misreading it.  %temp% does refer to \AppData.

    ok then.

    Can I remove files whilst BE is up and running?

  • CraigV's avatar
    CraigV
    Moderator
    10 years ago

    ...you should be able too, but if it is like other applications, you're going to run into a situation where you can't remove some of those files as they are in-use.

    Thanks!