I've deleted all the stuff in the $hf_mig$ directory on dozens (hundreds?) of servers and never had an issue.
If you looking to keep the OS footprint down another place to check is your Event Logs. Our security team made a requirement a few years ago that we make the Security logs 500MB on every server. MS says don't make the total of all Event logs more than 300MB - there is a reason! The log files get loaded entirely in memory so big files mean big memory utilization. All kinds of weird issues when the event logs get too big. Anyway, if you enable the backup event logs you will have 2 copies of all your logs on the server and that will kill your disk if you have big log files. -Brian -----Original Message----- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Cleanup script / safe to delete stuff Crazyness. It always seemed silly to me, but I never touched because of FUD. This will be added to the script for sure. Thanks! On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Michael B. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Huh. > > I've deleted it dozens of times on dozens of servers. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 1:22 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Cleanup script / safe to delete stuff > > I've never seen a clear answer as to exactly why not. But I've > repeatedly seen it said to absolutely not touch. Never anything > contrary to that, while at the same time stating that the $Nt***$ > directories were safe to remove if you were certain of no need to > un-install the coinciding patch. > > I've searched on this stuff many times, and thats always be the answer. > > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Michael B. Smith > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Why not? >> >> Regards, >> >> Michael B. Smith >> MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP >> http://TheEssentialExchange.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 1:10 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Cleanup script / safe to delete stuff >> >> Really? I've read repeatedly by MS staffers that you shouldn't touch >> that dir. >> >> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Tim Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I've deleted the KB* directories in it without any apparent problems. >>> >>> ...Tim >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 9:39 AM >>>> To: NT System Admin Issues >>>> Subject: Re: Cleanup script / safe to delete stuff >>>> >>>> $hf_mig$ is *not* safe to delete, but it looks like I have >>>> everything else covered. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 11:19 AM, Tim Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > All of mine have a %windir%\$hf_mig$ directory with a bunch of >>>> KB###### directories in it. Also a bunch of %windir%\KB######.log >>>> files. >>>> > >>>> > ...Tim ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
