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    Space or DRAM Error During Software Upgrade of a Routing Matrix with a TX Matrix Router

    Problem

    Note: Throughout this document, we use the term TX Matrix router to refer to the switch-card chassis (SCC) and T640 router to refer to the line-card chassis (LCC).

    A routing matrix with a TX Matrix router (scc) and T640 routers (lcc) must have sufficient disk space and DRAM on all Routing Engines for an upgrade of the Junos OS to install successfully. If there is insufficient disk space or DRAM, you might receive a warning indicating that the /var file system is low on free disk space similar to the following:

    WARNING: The /var filesystem is low on free disk space.
    WARNING: This package requires 1075136k free, but there
    WARNING: is only 666502k available.

    To determine the amount of free disk space on the Routing Engine, use the CLI show system storage command. To determine the amount of DRAM available on the Routing Engine, use the CLI show chassis routing-engine command.

    Below is sample output showing the two commands.

    {backup}
    user@host-re1> show system storage 
    scc-re1:
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Filesystem              Size       Used      Avail  Capacity   Mounted on
    /dev/ad0s1a             217M       176M        24M       88%  /
    devfs                   1.0K       1.0K         0B      100%  /dev
    devfs                   1.0K       1.0K         0B      100%  /dev/
    /dev/md0                 31M        31M         0B      100%  /packages/mnt/jbase
    /dev/md1                199M       199M         0B      100%  /packages/mnt/jkernel-9.5R2.1
    /dev/md3                4.9M       4.9M         0B      100%  /packages/mnt/jdocs-9.5R2.1
    /dev/md4                 55M        55M         0B      100%  /packages/mnt/jroute-9.5R2.1
    /dev/md5                 14M        14M         0B      100%  /packages/mnt/jcrypto-9.5R2.1
    /dev/md7                2.0G        40K       1.8G        0%  /tmp
    /dev/md8                2.0G        11M       1.8G        1%  /mfs
    /dev/ad0s1e              24M       1.5M        21M        7%  /config
    procfs                  4.0K       4.0K         0B      100%  /proc
    /dev/ad1s1f              25G       2.4G        21G       10%  /var
    /dev/ad1s1e              24M       1.5M        22M        6%  /tmp/.snp3061/mnt
    
    lcc0-re1:
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Filesystem              Size       Used      Avail  Capacity   Mounted on
    /dev/ad0s1a             220M       186M        16M       92%  /
    devfs                   1.0K       1.0K         0B      100%  /dev
    devfs                   1.0K       1.0K         0B      100%  /dev/
    /dev/md0                 33M        33M         0B      100%  /packages/mnt/jbase
    /dev/md1                216M       216M         0B      100%  /packages/mnt/jkernel-9.6B1.8
    /dev/md2                 66M        66M         0B      100%  /packages/mnt/jpfe-T-9.6B1.8
    /dev/md3                4.1M       4.1M         0B      100%  /packages/mnt/jdocs-9.6B1.8
    /dev/md4                 57M        57M         0B      100%  /packages/mnt/jroute-9.6B1.8
    /dev/md5                 15M        15M         0B      100%  /packages/mnt/jcrypto-9.6B1.8
    /dev/md6                 34M        34M         0B      100%  /packages/mnt/jpfe-common-9.6B1.8
    /dev/md7                2.0G      10.0K       1.8G        0%  /tmp
    /dev/md8                2.0G       532K       1.8G        0%  /mfs
    /dev/ad0s1e              24M        44K        22M        0%  /config               
    procfs                  4.0K       4.0K         0B      100%  /proc
    /dev/ad2s1f              34G        21G        11G       66%  /var
    
    lcc2-re1:
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Filesystem              Size       Used      Avail  Capacity   Mounted on
    /dev/ad0s1a             217M       178M        21M       89%  /
    devfs                   1.0K       1.0K         0B      100%  /dev
    devfs                   1.0K       1.0K         0B      100%  /dev/
    /dev/md0                 33M        33M         0B      100%  /packages/mnt/jbase
    /dev/md1                216M       216M         0B      100%  /packages/mnt/jkernel-9.6B1.8
    /dev/md2                 66M        66M         0B      100%  /packages/mnt/jpfe-T-9.6B1.8
    /dev/md3                4.1M       4.1M         0B      100%  /packages/mnt/jdocs-9.6B1.8
    /dev/md4                 57M        57M         0B      100%  /packages/mnt/jroute-9.6B1.8
    /dev/md5                 15M        15M         0B      100%  /packages/mnt/jcrypto-9.6B1.8
    /dev/md6                 34M        34M         0B      100%  /packages/mnt/jpfe-common-9.6B1.8
    /dev/md7                2.0G       8.0K       1.8G        0%  /tmp
    /dev/md8                2.0G       538K       1.8G        0%  /mfs
    /dev/ad0s1e              24M        46K        22M        0%  /config
    procfs                  4.0K       4.0K         0B      100%  /proc
    /dev/ad1s1f              25G       1.3G        22G        5%  /var
    {master}
    user@host-re0> show chassis routing-engine
    scc-re0:
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Routing Engine status:
      Slot 0:
        Current state                  Master
        Election priority              Master (default)
        Temperature                 41 degrees C / 105 degrees F
        CPU temperature             43 degrees C / 109 degrees F
        DRAM                      2048 MB
        Memory utilization          21 percent
        CPU utilization:
          User                       0 percent
          Background                 0 percent
          Kernel                     4 percent
          Interrupt                  0 percent
          Idle                      96 percent
        Model                          RE-4.0
        Serial ID                      P11123909610
        Start time                     2009-06-16 13:21:12 PDT
        Uptime                         21 hours, 19 minutes, 44 seconds
        Last reboot reason             Router rebooted after a normal shutdown.
        Load averages:                 1 minute   5 minute  15 minute
                                           0.03       0.06       0.07
    Routing Engine status:
      Slot 1:
        Current state                  Backup
        Election priority              Backup (default)
        Temperature                 39 degrees C / 102 degrees F
        CPU temperature             38 degrees C / 100 degrees F
        DRAM                      2048 MB
        Memory utilization          20 percent
        CPU utilization:
          User                       0 percent
          Background                 0 percent
          Kernel                     0 percent
          Interrupt                  0 percent
          Idle                     100 percent
        Model                          RE-4.0
        Serial ID                      211123900273
        Start time                     2009-06-15 13:38:48 PDT
        Uptime                         1 day, 21 hours, 2 minutes, 5 seconds
        Last reboot reason             Router rebooted after a normal shutdown.
    
    lcc0-re0:
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Routing Engine status:
      Slot 0:
        Current state                  Master
        Election priority              Master (default)
        Temperature                 46 degrees C / 114 degrees F
        CPU temperature             50 degrees C / 122 degrees F
        DRAM                      2048 MB
        Memory utilization          18 percent
        CPU utilization:
          User                       0 percent
          Background                 0 percent
          Kernel                     2 percent
          Interrupt                  0 percent
          Idle                      98 percent
        Model                          RE-4.0
        Serial ID                      P11123908065
        Start time                     2009-06-16 13:20:59 PDT
        Uptime                         21 hours, 19 minutes, 56 seconds
        Last reboot reason             Router rebooted after a normal shutdown.
        Load averages:                 1 minute   5 minute  15 minute
                                           0.05       0.03       0.00
    Routing Engine status:
      Slot 1:
        Current state                  Backup
        Election priority              Backup (default)
        Temperature                 50 degrees C / 122 degrees F
        CPU temperature             55 degrees C / 131 degrees F
        DRAM                      3584 MB
        Memory utilization          11 percent
        CPU utilization:
          User                       0 percent
          Background                 0 percent
          Kernel                     0 percent
          Interrupt                  0 percent
          Idle                     100 percent
        Model                          RE-A-2000
        Serial ID                      1000673710
        Start time                     2009-06-15 13:34:44 PDT
        Uptime                         1 day, 21 hours, 6 minutes, 8 seconds
        Last reboot reason             Router rebooted after a normal shutdown.
    
    lcc2-re0:
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Routing Engine status:
      Slot 0:
        Current state                  Master
        Election priority              Master (default)
        Temperature                 41 degrees C / 105 degrees F
        CPU temperature             42 degrees C / 107 degrees F
        DRAM                      2048 MB
        Memory utilization          18 percent
        CPU utilization:
          User                       0 percent
          Background                 0 percent
          Kernel                     2 percent
          Interrupt                  0 percent
          Idle                      98 percent
        Model                          RE-4.0
        Serial ID                      P11123908326
        Start time                     2009-06-16 13:21:10 PDT
        Uptime                         21 hours, 19 minutes, 44 seconds
        Last reboot reason             Router rebooted after a normal shutdown.
        Load averages:                 1 minute   5 minute  15 minute
                                           0.00       0.00       0.00
    Routing Engine status:
      Slot 1:
        Current state                  Backup
        Election priority              Backup (default)
        Temperature                 41 degrees C / 105 degrees F
        CPU temperature             42 degrees C / 107 degrees F
        DRAM                      2048 MB
        Memory utilization          18 percent
        CPU utilization:
          User                       0 percent
          Background                 0 percent
          Kernel                     0 percent
          Interrupt                  0 percent
          Idle                     100 percent
        Model                          RE-4.0
        Serial ID                      212058900119
        Start time                     2009-06-15 13:37:41 PDT
        Uptime                         1 day, 21 hours, 3 minutes, 8 seconds

    Solution

    If you find that you need to free up some space, issue the request system storage cleanup command and delete everything that appears in the output. then try the upgrade again.

    {master}
    user@host-re0> request system storage cleanup 
    
    List of files to delete:
    
             Size Date         Name
         2B Jun 16 12:46 /var/crash/bounds
      80.4M Jun 15 14:56 /var/crash/cores/kernel.0.090615.1455
      80.4M Jun 15 15:46 /var/crash/cores/kernel.1.090615.1546
      80.4M Jun 15 15:58 /var/crash/cores/kernel.2.090615.1558
      80.4M Jun 16 12:47 /var/crash/cores/kernel.3.090616.1246
      30.6M Jun 15 15:05 /var/crash/cores/vmcore.0.090615.1455.tgz
      33.5M Jun 15 16:33 /var/crash/cores/vmcore.1.090615.1546.tgz
      35.9M Jun 15 17:52 /var/crash/cores/vmcore.2.090615.1558.tgz
      48.0M Jun 16 13:47 /var/crash/cores/vmcore.3.090616.1246.tgz
       504B Jun 15 14:55 /var/crash/info.0
       504B Jun 15 15:46 /var/crash/info.1
       505B Jun 15 15:58 /var/crash/info.2
       505B Jun 16 12:46 /var/crash/info.3
       716B Jun 15 13:43 /var/log/install.0.gz
      1669B Jun 13 18:05 /var/log/install.1.gz
      [...Output Truncated...]
     201.6K Jun 11 02:27 /var/tmp/jnx-routeservice-9.6I20090611_0926_root.tgz
      59.7K Jun 10 09:07 /var/tmp/jnx_ifinfo_sanity.pl.base_test_cfg_66245
      59.9K Jun 10 15:19 /var/tmp/jnx_ifinfo_sanity.pl.base_test_cfg_74023
      59.7K Jun 11 02:57 /var/tmp/jnx_ifinfo_sanity.pl.base_test_cfg_83419
     181.0M Jul 23  2008 /var/tmp/mchassis-install.tgz
      59.7K Jun 10 09:07 /var/tmp/orig_z8_cfg_66245
      59.9K Jun 10 15:19 /var/tmp/orig_z8_cfg_74023
      59.7K Jun 11 02:57 /var/tmp/orig_z8_cfg_83419
    Delete these files ? [yes,no] (no) yes

    Note: For some DRAM issues, remove any superfluous files from the /root and /tmp directories.

    Published: 2012-11-28