Description

This article helps to fix one of the issues when we receive an error when trying to commit the configuration.

Symptoms

You will see the following errors after "commit":


error: write failure for file ttys

error: write failure for file ttys

error: configuration check-out failed: foreign file propagation failed during postprocessing)

error: write failure for file ttys

error: configuration check-out failed

Solution

This error is due to a lack of space on the switch. This also applies to VC, and the error will display the exact FPC having the problem.

  1. Run the command "request system storage cleanup" first to free space automatically
  2. Check if there are any snapshots you may delete: "show system snapshot"
  3. Start shell using the root user and run the following 2 commands: "pkg setop rm previous" & "pkg delete old". These commands will check if there are any files from previous versions that can be deleted.
    • Please note, these commands do not run on every platform, but feel free to try them.


In case the problem persists, please, open a new case with the JTAC team to request a meeting and check what other files can be safely deleted to create more space.

Modification History

2025-08-01 : Article Created