With the configuration properly set, the backbone PIM sessions should be established before any traffic is forwarded. In the output below, the routers were configured, but the traffic source was not transmitting and the receiver was not requesting to be part of a group. Notice that there is no PIM join information for the routing instances yet.
Router PE0
user@PE0> show pim join extensive
Instance: PIM.master Family: INET
Group: 239.1.1.1
Source: *
RP: 10.254.71.47
Flags: sparse,rptree,wildcard
Upstream interface: so-0/0/2.0
Upstream State: Join to RP
Downstream Neighbors:
Interface: mt-1/1/0.32769
0.0.0.0 State: Join Flags: SRW Timeout: Infinity
Group: 239.1.1.1
Source: 10.254.71.46
Flags: sparse
Upstream interface: local
Upstream State: Local Source, Prune to RP
Keepalive timeout: 166
Downstream Neighbors:
Interface: so-0/0/2.0
192.168.296.70 State: Join Flags: S Timeout: 204
Group: 239.1.1.1
Source: 10.254.71.51
Flags: sparse,spt-pending
Upstream interface: so-0/0/2.0
Upstream State: Join to Source
Keepalive timeout: 166
Downstream Neighbors:
Interface: mt-1/1/0.32769
0.0.0.0 State: Join Flags: S Timeout: Infinity
user@PE0> show pim join extensive instance VPN-A
Instance: PIM.VPN-A Family: INET
Router P0
user@P0> show pim join extensive
Instance: PIM.master Family: INET
Group: 239.1.1.1
Source: *
RP: 10.254.71.47
Flags: sparse,rptree,wildcard
Upstream interface: local
Upstream State: Local RP
Downstream Neighbors:
Interface: so-0/0/0.0
192.168.296.34 State: Join Flags: SRW Timeout: 186
Interface: so-0/0/2.0
192.168.296.69 State: Join Flags: SRW Timeout: 198
Group: 239.1.1.1
Source: 10.254.71.46
Flags: sparse,spt
Upstream interface: so-0/0/2.0
Upstream State: Local RP, Join to Source
Keepalive timeout: 170
Downstream Neighbors:
Interface: so-0/0/0.0
192.168.296.34 State: Join Flags: S Timeout: 186
Interface: so-0/0/2.0 (pruned)
192.168.296.69 State: Prune Flags: SR Timeout: 198
Group: 239.1.1.1
Source: 10.254.71.51
Flags: sparse,spt
Upstream interface: so-0/0/0.0
Upstream State: Local RP, Join to Source
Keepalive timeout: 170
Downstream Neighbors:
Interface: so-0/0/0.0 (pruned)
192.168.296.34 State: Prune Flags: SR Timeout: 186
Interface: so-0/0/2.0
192.168.296.69 State: Join Flags: S Timeout: 198
Router PE1
user@PE1> show pim join extensive
Instance: PIM.master Family: INET
Group: 239.1.1.1
Source: *
RP: 10.254.71.47
Flags: sparse,rptree,wildcard
Upstream interface: so-0/1/0.0
Upstream State: Join to RP
Downstream Neighbors:
Interface: mt-1/1/0.32769
0.0.0.0 State: Join Flags: SRW Timeout: Infinity
Group: 239.1.1.1
Source: 10.254.71.46
Flags: sparse,spt-pending
Upstream interface: so-0/1/0.0
Upstream State: Join to Source
Keepalive timeout: 180
Downstream Neighbors:
Interface: mt-1/1/0.32769
0.0.0.0 State: Join Flags: S Timeout: Infinity
Group: 239.1.1.1
Source: 10.254.71.51
Flags: sparse
Upstream interface: local
Upstream State: Local Source, Prune to RP
Keepalive timeout: 180
Downstream Neighbors:
Interface: so-0/1/0.0
192.168.296.33 State: Join Flags: S Timeout: 168