Rick, Here is a work-around until BMC updates RDP:
Create a batch file or script that deletes "*.obf" files. Using Windows Scheduler create a job that runs this batch file every hour. Any files that are still in use will not be deleted. However, if RDP happens to use files without locking them then schedule the batch file to run after hours. If - after hours - the "*.obf" files are still open/locked and you are sure that RDP is not running then you could use an "unlocker" program. Here are a few free options: http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/deletelockedfiles.shtml HTH Stephen -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Phillips Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 8:37 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: .obf files filling up dev server Thanks to everyone; here's what I found: the .obf files are not deleted when RDP is closed. They are not deleted when the Admin Tool is closed; nor are they deleted if the machine is rebooted. Bug maybe, but real pain when there is no more disk space and apps begin crashing. I have a ticket opened with Remedy Support; I'll see what they say. rp On Apr 18, 5:03 pm, "L. J. Head" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well...I think that clearly shows that Remedy Dev Plus is your > culprit. I don't honestly know much about the product but to the best > of my knowledge it doesn't keep a cache around...so the files that it > is leaving around are likely to be able to be deleted as soon as > DevPlus is done with them > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Phillips > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 2:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: .obf files filling up dev server > > L.J., > > Thanks, > > I was able to install filemon and found two things: > > The most recent .obf file is updated (now at over 138MB) when I > perform a search in Remedy Dev Plus 6.3 p1492 on Admin Tool 7.0.1 p1 Filemon > shows: > path = C:\WINNT\system32\java.exe > command line = java -Xmx256m -cp "C:\Program Files\AR System > \ARAdmin7.0.1\appexplorer60.jar;C:\Program Files\AR System > \ARAdmin7.0.1\jgraph.jar;C:\Program Files\AR System > \ARAdmin7.0.1\arapi60.jar;C:\Program Files\AR System > \ARAdmin7.0.1\jakarta-regexp-1.3.jar;C:\Program Files\¨q > > Does this shed any light on the problem? > > rp > > On Apr 18, 9:04 am, "L. J. Head" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is a program called 'filemon' from sysinternals I think it > > is...gives you a rolling list of files being accessed and the > > program accessing them...I believe you can even filter the output to > > only look at certain file types...it's worth a try...I have a copy > > if you can't find one online > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Phillips > > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 7:41 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: .obf files filling up dev server > > > I'm at a loss, too. I checked the email service, but it's set to > > manual, and hasn't been started since the upgrade weeks ago. > > > I checked the Windows Event Viewer to see if I could match the > > create date of one of these .obf with the timestamp of an event, but > > nothing is > close. > > > I guess we'll have to wait to see if anyone else has an idea. > > > Thanks, > > > rp > > > On Apr 17, 9:13 pm, Axton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I know there is an issue with the email engine generating lots of > > > temp files. Our production server got into the 10's of thousands > > > of files before we cleaned it up the first time. 7.0.1p2 for the > > > email engine was supposed to address this. It could possibly be > > > this, though on solaris, each file was only hundreds of bytes in > > > size. A shot in the dark. What outgoing protocol do you use? > > > > The only meaningful references I found online in reference to "obf mime" > > were: > > > >http://math.nist.gov/oommf/doc/userguide11b2/userguide/Vector_Field_D... > > > - application/x-oommf-vf > > > - OOMMF Vector Field > > > > Not really sure how you could track what is writing there or what > > > has file locks on any of the files on windows. > > > > Axton Grams > > > > On 4/17/07, Rick Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > tmp1175120658812159279.obf > > > > > I've had dozens of these creatures created recently in my temp > > > > directory ranging from 10's of MB to 100's of MB. Ran my disk > > > > space down to 2MB. I noticed it first when my Remedy apps began > > > > exiting, SQL began throwing errors, RDP wouldn't start, etc. > > > > Google didn't reveal much, except for some references to Tivoli > > > > (no Tivoli on this machine), so I wondered if anyone on the list knew. > > > > > I've been moving them manually to another partition, but that > > > > got old before I even started. > > > > > tia, > > > > > rp > > > > > On Apr 17, 5:21 pm, Axton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > What are some of the file names and where are they located? > > > > > > Axton > > > > > > On 4/17/07, Rick Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Anyone know what an .obf file is? 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