Installing Software Upgrades on a Router with Limited Storage

To install software upgrades on a router with limited storage space, using the CLI:

1. Download the software package as described in Downloading Software Upgrades from Juniper Networks.
2. Install the new package on the Services Router in one of the following ways:
   • To install the package directly from the source without saving it on the router, use the following command:

     user@host> request system software add validate ftp:source

   • To instruct the router to find enough room for the upgrade, use one of the following commands—with the unlink option:

     user@host> request system software add validate path/junos-jseries release-domestic.tgz unlink

     user@host> request system software add validate path/junos-jseries release-export.tgz unlink

   • To free up storage by rotating log files in /var/log that are not currently being written, deleting files in /var/tmp that have not been modified in two days, and deleting all crash files in /var/crash, use one of the following sets of commands:

     user@host> request system storage cleanup

     user@host> request system software add validatepath/junos-jseriesrelease-domestic.tgz

     user@host> request system storage cleanup

     user@host> request system software add validatepath/junos-jseriesrelease-export.tgz

   Replace path with the full path name to the bundle. Replace release with the software release version of the bundle. Customers in the United States and Canada use the release-domestic.tgz bundle. All other customers use the release-export.tgz bundle.

3. Reboot the router to activate the junos-jseries software:
   user@host> request system reboot
   Reboot the system ? [yes,no] (no) yes
   Shutdown NOW!

   All the software is activated when you issue the reboot command.

   The router then reboots from the primary boot device on which you just installed the software. When the reboot is complete, the router displays the login prompt.

4. If your compact flash is running out of space and you do not wish to downgrade the software to a previous version, you can recover up to 30 MB of space by using the request system software delete-backup CLI command. This command deletes the backup software package.