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# sk159493 - Old directories are not removed after in-place upgrade

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk159493 |
| Date Created | 2019-08-12 |
| Last Modified | 2026-02-01 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Management Server |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20, R81.10 (EOS), R81 (EOS) |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- After performing an in-place upgrade from R80.X to a newer version (i.e. from R80.10 to R80.20), directories from the old version are not removed from /var/log/opt.

## Cause

Soft links are created between log files from the pre-upgrade directories and the post-upgrade directories in order for SmartLog to be able to access pre-upgrade log and index files.

## Solution

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