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cvc_lukes
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Dec 3, 2020 9:13 PM UTC
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fclog.dat huge filesize

I have a user where this file has grown to over 200GB. Is there a way to compress or delete the file to free this ungodly amount of used space for a data file?

    isamt
    isamtAnswer
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    Dec 4, 2020 12:09 PM UTC

    This is an issue I have come across recently.

     

    If you have turned on debug logging for the client then the file can grow to a huge size in excess of 300G or more.

    I found this was only happening to certain users not all.

     

    To fix you need to turn off debug log level and only use this mode for trouble-shooting.

    You'll then need to shutdown forticlient on the laptop, then you can simply delete the fclog.dat file.

     

    The file is automatically recreated once the client is restarted.

     

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    isamt
    isamtAnswer
    New Member
    Dec 4, 2020 12:09 PM UTC

    This is an issue I have come across recently.

     

    If you have turned on debug logging for the client then the file can grow to a huge size in excess of 300G or more.

    I found this was only happening to certain users not all.

     

    To fix you need to turn off debug log level and only use this mode for trouble-shooting.

    You'll then need to shutdown forticlient on the laptop, then you can simply delete the fclog.dat file.

     

    The file is automatically recreated once the client is restarted.

     

    cvc_lukes
    cvc_lukesAuthor
    New Member
    Dec 4, 2020 2:24 PM UTC

    Thanks isamt. This was something I tried before posting on here but couldn't delete the file. I tried it again today and the file has successfully been deleted. 

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