CBS Persist Clarification

If your computer is up and running, just simply delete the file. You may also need to disable the Windows Module Installer to turn down the verbosity of the ...

Disable the trusted installer service (Windows Modules Installer). Delete/move all of the current CBS log files from the -Windows-CBS-Logs ...

I have 3 or 4 Windows 2008 R2 servers that keep running out of hard drive space, and then I have to keep appending and so on.

The CbsPersist logs are really only useful to diagnose problems and issues that are related to Windows Updates / Com Store.

You can safely delete logs in c:-windows-logs-CBS, but don't touch WinSxS, your server won't boot if you mess with the folder's content.

I found CBS log can be cleared after stopping the TrustedInstaller service, restarting the Windows Module Installer afterwards will start the ...

Delete all the .log files in the C:-Windows-Logs- CBS directory, delete the .persist and .cab files as well; Enable TrustedInstaller.exe again.

The logs in that folder are needed to diagnose problems with the installation of Windows Updates, you can delete all the logs except CBS.log ...

You will need to stop the Windows Update service to delete the CBS log files. Win+R to open the run window, type services.msc and click OK, scroll down to ...

Basically: Stop the Windows Modules Installer process. Delete CbsPersist and cab files from c:-windows-temp-.