The RPD core is generated when the 'show bgp statistics' command is executed.
Mar 6 03:18:22.087 MX960 mgd[18022]: UI_CMDLINE_READ_LINE: User 'Juniper', command 'show bgp statistics Mar 6 03:20:58.789 MX960 kernel: pid 13633 (rpd), uid 0: exited on signal 11 (core dumped) Mar 6 03:22:29.663 MX960 dumpd: Core and context for rpd saved in /var/tmp/rpd.core-tarball.0.tgz
The MX960, running on 18.2X75-D67, experiences crashes with RPD core when executing 'show bgp statistics'.
root@MX960> show system core-dumps no-forwarding /var/crash/*core*: No such file or directory -rw-rw---- 1 root wheel 313042896 Mar 6 03:22 /var/tmp/rpd.core-tarball.0.tgz -rw-rw---- 1 root wheel 342604516 Mar 6 07:23 /var/tmp/rpd.core-tarball.1.tgz /var/tmp/pics/*core*: No such file or directory /var/crash/kernel.*: No such file or directory /var/jails/rest-api/tmp/*core*: No such file or directory /tftpboot/corefiles/*core*: No such file or directory total files: 2 Mar 6 03:18:22.087 MX960 mgd[18022]: UI_CMDLINE_READ_LINE: User 'Juniper', command 'show bgp statistics Mar 6 03:20:58.789 MX960 kernel: pid 13633 (rpd), uid 0: exited on signal 11 (core dumped) Mar 6 03:22:29.663 MX960 dumpd: Core and context for rpd saved in /var/tmp/rpd.core-tarball.0.tgz
Explanation:RPD core is noticed after 'show bgp statistics' on MX router.
>set task accounting on# Do below 5x show commands, every 30sec for the total time of 15-20min>show task accounting>show task accounting details>show system process extensive>show task memory detail>show task jobs>show task jobs detail
once done, disable accounting>set task accounting off
Workaround:Workaround is to upgrade the Junos to fixed version