Networker NDMP backup created one .dpt file inside the index folder which is occupying bulk space??

It is strange you see it... dpt is directory prefix table.  Try to do nsrck -L6 for that client and see if that makes any difference (if file is gone).  I assume when you saw dpt file no backup was active for that index space?

The client is a NDMP client.

Hi

does that file exist after backup completion ? or only while the backup is running ?

- this file should not exist while the backup is running , I think it is one of the index conversation temp files

it should not also grow to that size , it should normally be big , but not that big ! how many directories do you have on the File system that is being backed up ?

Does that file system host any Automatic Build application like Jenkins

https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Meet+Jenkins

I must say that I did see such problem happening , but only when the FS was used by a software automation build/test tools , where the created directory structure is very complex and sometimes "circular"

- if this File size is blocking the operation of the NW server host by filling up the NW server FS , then you must stop the backup or abort the NDMP backup process (nsrndmp_save)

- is this problem consistent ? or only intermittent

regards

Shareef

sokundu wrote: The client is a NDMP client.

Yes, we know that from the title of this thread My question was something else.