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Server management: Clear old Symantec LiveUpdate files

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By Ivan Versluis

Old update files can fill a Symantec LiveUpdate server’s disk over several weeks. This happened in my environment: only 34 MB remained, and Symantec had not updated for weeks:

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Today I created and scheduled a script to run once a week and delete files older than seven days. The script can also be used for other files. The file cleanup script is described in a separate post.