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Status Not under consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Oct 2, 2016

Changing the default path of the Staging directory

The following technote describes a case in which files stored in the staging directory are deleted:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21692439

Instead of looking for workarounds, in the form of setting a different location in the dsm.opt file, the problem should be just fixed. The default location should not be in a temporary location, that gets deleted after a logoff. The files stored in the staging directory (at least the ones used by SnapDiff) are permanent, and not temporary, and should be stored in a location which doesn't get deleted.
I suggest storing the files somewhere under the baclient folder.

Idea priority Medium