diff --git a/mtce-common/src/common/nodeBase.h b/mtce-common/src/common/nodeBase.h
index 3fc4e867..77af3c84 100755
--- a/mtce-common/src/common/nodeBase.h
+++ b/mtce-common/src/common/nodeBase.h
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ void daemon_exit ( void );
 #define CONFIG_PASS_FILE        ((const char *)"/var/run/.config_pass")
 #define CONFIG_FAIL_FILE        ((const char *)"/var/run/.config_fail")
 #define NODE_LOCKED_FILE        ((const char *)"/var/run/.node_locked")
-#define NODE_LOCKED_FILE_BACKUP ((const char *)"/etc/mtc/tmp/.node_locked")
+#define NODE_LOCKED_FILE_BACKUP ((const char *)"/var/persist/mtc/.node_locked")
 #define NODE_RESET_FILE         ((const char *)"/var/run/.node_reset")
 #define SMGMT_DEGRADED_FILE     ((const char *)"/var/run/.sm_degraded")
 #define SMGMT_UNHEALTHY_FILE    ((const char *)"/var/run/.sm_node_unhealthy")
diff --git a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtce.install b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtce.install
index b30cf33e..75773d98 100644
--- a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtce.install
+++ b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtce.install
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ etc/services.d/storage/mtcTest
 etc/services.d/worker/mtcTest
 etc/syslog-ng/conf.d/mtce.conf
 etc/systemd/system-preset/
+usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/mtc.conf
 usr/lib/ocf/resource.d/platform/mtcAgent
 usr/local/bin/fsmond
 usr/local/bin/hbsAgent
diff --git a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtce.postinst b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtce.postinst
index 48e4e318..985fa253 100644
--- a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtce.postinst
+++ b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/mtce.postinst
@@ -7,17 +7,24 @@ case "$1" in
     configure)
         # Replace the default hwclock.sh with our copy
         if [ -e /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh ]; then
+            if [ -e /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh.dpkg-bak ]; then
+                rm -f /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh.dpkg-bak
+            fi
             mv -f /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh.dpkg-bak
         fi
         cp -a /usr/share/mtce/hwclock.sh /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh
+
         # Replace the default hwclock.service with our copy
         if [ -e /lib/systemd/system/hwclock.service ]; then
+            if [ -e /lib/systemd/system/hwclock.service.bak ]; then
+                rm -f /lib/systemd/system/hwclock.service.bak
+            fi
             mv -f /lib/systemd/system/hwclock.service /lib/systemd/system/hwclock.service.bak
         fi
         cp -a /usr/share/mtce/hwclock.service /lib/systemd/system/hwclock.service
         ;;
     *)
-        echo "mtce postinst called with an unknown argument \`$1'" >&2
+        echo "mtce postinst called with an unsupported argument \`$1'" >&2
         exit 1
         ;;
 esac
diff --git a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/rules b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/rules
index 3929f924..5a7a60d8 100644
--- a/mtce/debian/deb_folder/rules
+++ b/mtce/debian/deb_folder/rules
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ export COLLECTDIR = $(SYSCONFDIR)/collect.d
 export INITDIR =$(SYSCONFDIR)/init.d
 export LOGDIR = $(SYSCONFDIR)/logrotate.d
 export SERVICESDIR = $(SYSCONFDIR)/services.d
-
+export TMPFILESDIR = $(ROOT)/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d
+export PERSISTDIR = $(ROOT)/var/persist
 export DEB_VERSION = $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | egrep '^Version:' | cut -f 2 -d ' ')
 export MAJOR = $(shell echo $(DEB_VERSION) | cut -d. -f1)
 export MINOR = $(shell echo $(shell echo $(DEB_VERSION) | cut -d. -f2) | cut -d- -f1)
@@ -28,8 +29,8 @@ export MINOR = $(shell echo $(shell echo $(DEB_VERSION) | cut -d. -f2) | cut -d-
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	# Resource agent files
 	install -m 755 -d $(SYSCONFDIR)
-	install -m 755 -d $(SYSCONFDIR)/mtc
 	install -m 755 -d $(SYSCONFDIR)/mtc/tmp
+	install -m 755 -d $(PERSISTDIR)/mtc
 	install -m 755 -d $(OCFPLATFORMDIR)
 	install -m 755 -p -D scripts/mtcAgent $(OCFPLATFORMDIR)/mtcAgent
 	install -m 755 -p -D hwmon/scripts/ocf/hwmon $(OCFPLATFORMDIR)/hwmon
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ override_dh_auto_install:
 	install -m 600 -p -D pmon/scripts/pmond.conf $(SYSCONFDIR)/mtc/pmond.conf
 	install -m 600 -p -D lmon/scripts/lmond.conf $(SYSCONFDIR)/mtc/lmond.conf
 	install -m 600 -p -D hostw/scripts/hostwd.conf $(SYSCONFDIR)/mtc/hostwd.conf
-
+	install -m 600 -p -D scripts/tmpfiles.conf $(TMPFILESDIR)/mtc.conf
 	install -m 755 -d $(BMCCONFDIR)
 	install -m 644 -p -D scripts/sensor_hp360_v1_ilo_v4.profile $(BMCCONFDIR)/sensor_hp360_v1_ilo_v4.profile
 	install -m 644 -p -D scripts/sensor_hp380_v1_ilo_v4.profile $(BMCCONFDIR)/sensor_hp380_v1_ilo_v4.profile
diff --git a/mtce/src/maintenance/mtcNodeComp.cpp b/mtce/src/maintenance/mtcNodeComp.cpp
index da899d43..feba9341 100644
--- a/mtce/src/maintenance/mtcNodeComp.cpp
+++ b/mtce/src/maintenance/mtcNodeComp.cpp
@@ -1439,6 +1439,17 @@ void daemon_service_run ( void )
         }
     }
 
+    /* Cleanup the old obsoleted persistent node locked file */
+    #define OBSOLETED_NODE_LOCKED_FILE_BACKUP ((const char *)"/etc/mtc/tmp/.node_locked")
+    if ( strcmp (NODE_LOCKED_FILE_BACKUP, OBSOLETED_NODE_LOCKED_FILE_BACKUP ) )
+    {
+        if ( daemon_is_file_present ( OBSOLETED_NODE_LOCKED_FILE_BACKUP ) )
+        {
+            ilog ("removing obsoleted %s file", OBSOLETED_NODE_LOCKED_FILE_BACKUP );
+            daemon_remove_file ( OBSOLETED_NODE_LOCKED_FILE_BACKUP );
+        }
+    }
+
     /* If the mtcClient starts up and finds that its persistent node
      * locked backup file is present then make sure the volatile one
      * is also present. */
diff --git a/mtce/src/scripts/tmpfiles.conf b/mtce/src/scripts/tmpfiles.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9a08a78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mtce/src/scripts/tmpfiles.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+d /var/persist/mtc 755 root root
+
+# For stx.11 only:
+r /etc/mtc/tmp/.node_locked