Hi Gregory, As stage is the default for all oss paths, the DIR_LOCK files will be created in every directory. Additionally, stagecmd makes the default stage and mssgwcmd makes mig the default (either of which create DIR_LOCK files). The solution is to explicitly make /store stageable and not /prod. So, change: > oss.stage to be: oss.stage oss.path /prod nostage nomig Andy (not part of the above directives :-)