The automatic backup system of Gateway writes GBs of backup files on the user’s hard drive (a lot of *.bak files), leading to a full disk.
Solution 1
- Close Diamonds
- Task Manager > tab page ‘Services’
- Stop ‘Gateway’ and ‘Gateway Server’ services
- C:\Windows\System32\config\sys
temprofile\AppData\Local\Build Soft - Delete all files with ‘BuildSoft’ in front.
- C:\Program Files (x86)\BuildSoft\Gateway\Gateway Server
- Copy ‘BuildSoft.Gateway.Server.exe.config’ to Desktop
- Open this file with Notepad
- Find the setting ‘IntervalDays’ and set the value to 400
<setting name="IntervalDays" serializeAs="Xml"> <value>400</value> </setting>
- Save the modifications.
- Copy the file .config back to C:\Program Files (x86)\BuildSoft\Gateway\Gateway Server. Replace the existing file.
- The contents of the folder C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\BuildSoft\Gateway Server\0.0\Database\ can be emptied out.
- Start services ‘Gateway’ and ‘Gateway Server’ again via Task Manager
- Start Diamonds.
- Check after 5 minutes and 24h is the problem is solved.
Solution 2
- Install Diamonds 2017r03 or newer.
- The contents of the folder C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\BuildSoft\Gateway Server\0.0\Database\ can be emptied out.