Temporary Directory

The temporary directory is used for various purposes, such as storage of temporary spooled file (for database specific backup type in %edition_name%), remote file list, local file list, temporary delta file and other files of temporary nature.

For database backup in %edition_name% such as MySQL, Oracle on Linux, MSSQL server 2005 or below, and Lotus, it is highly recommended that the temporary directory or volume used for these modules is not a system volume (e.g. not the same partition which the operating system is installed on) and it has at least storage space of 150% of the expected backup size.

To configure the temporary directory location:

  1. Click [Browse] to select the directory path for storing the temporary data.
  2. Option: Check the "Remove temporary files after backup" if necessary.
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Administrators need to pay attention to the maximum file size limitation of different file system format, so that database file can be spooled to the temporary directory.