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Re: /tmp Cleanup

In Unix, the rule is "everything in /tmp is deleted at reboot".

I know IBM i doesn't do that, but I believe the rule is "nothing in /tmp is
EXPECTED to survive re-IPL."

On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 9:13 AM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It's just flight recorder type data. It really is expendable. We do the
Method 2 but I told the people if they accidentally wiped out the
/tmp/brms after the save it's no big deal.
All the DSPLOGBRM, WRKMEDBRM, etc stuff is NOT in there.


Rob Berendt
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From: "Gord Hutchinson" <gordm1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 09/07/2018 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: /tmp Cleanup
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



Thanks Rob. /brms was a directory I meant to ask about. I don't
understand why they put that under /tmp.

On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 11:08 AM Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I just remove everything in there during our quarterly downtimes, after
bringing system down to restricted state. Long standing practice on 15
lpars. No problems yet.
Only thing is you may want to keep the last save stats for your BRMS
save.
Chicken and egg thing.

Method 1: Clean out all of /tmp before your restricted state full
system
save.

Method 2: Clean out /tmp/brms before your resticted state full system
save. Clean out all but /tmp/brms after your restricted state full
system save.


Rob Berendt
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IBM Certified System Administrator - IBM i 6.1
Group Dekko
Dept 1600
Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive
Garrett, IN 46738
Ship to: Dock 108
6928N 400E
Kendallville, IN 46755
http://www.dekko.com





From: "Gord Hutchinson" <gordm1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion"
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 09/07/2018 11:02 AM
Subject: /tmp Cleanup
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



I'm looking at implementing a regularly scheduled cleanup of /tmp.

Are there any system type objects or subdirectories in /tmp which should
NOT be deleted? Things like /.X11-unix or /.com_ibm_tools_attach.

Thanks,


Gord



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