Description

EX3400 error while upgrading master fpc "ERROR: insufficient space for /packages/db/junos-arm-32-23.4R2-S4.11"

Symptoms

Problem Description:

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Customer is getting error only on master fpc0 while upgrading the 2 member VC switch from 23.2R1-S2.5 to junos-arm-32-23.4R2-S4.11.tgz

 

ERROR: insufficient space for /packages/db/junos-arm-32-23.4R2-S4.11/contents/junos-runtime.tgz

ERROR: insufficient space        

ERROR: Failed to add junos-arm-32-23.4R2-S4.11.tgz


root@ex3400-vc> show system storage 

fpc0:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Filesystem       Size   Used   Avail Capacity Mounted on

/dev/gpt/junos     1.3G   832M   424M   66% /.mount

tmpfs         526M    40K   526M    0% /.mount/tmp

tmpfs         323M   680K   322M    0% /.mount/mfs

/dev/gpt/oam      484M    76M   369M   17% /.mount/oam

 

fpc1:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Filesystem       Size   Used   Avail Capacity Mounted on

/dev/gpt/junos     1.3G   522M   734M   42% /.mount

tmpfs         829M    16K   829M    0% /.mount/tmp

tmpfs         323M   600K   323M    0% /.mount/mfs

 

{master:0}

root@ex3400-vc>

 

Tried the following steps which did not help to resolve this :

 

request system storage cleanup

request system snapshot delete snap*

start shell command "pkg setop rm previous"

start shell command "pkg delete old”

request system software delete web-ex

 

Suggested to follow this KB to add "os-package" and "package-hokks-ex":

 

https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/EX-Not-enough-storage-while-upgrading-Junos-EX2300-and-EX3400?language=en_US

 

Still customer is seeing problem after trying these steps explained in the above KB.

Find that /var/rundb is utilising more space.

Solution

Customer VC has been recovered from the problem state following a power maintenance on the switches.

Need to collect the output of the command run as root from the shell from the customer switch to debug further:

mkdir /somedir && mount -t nullfs / /somedir && du -xah /somedir && umount /somedir && rmdir /somedir

Modification History

2025-10-31 : Article Created