EX2300 has a lower storage as a result at times when  we attempt to perform an upgrade on JUNOS there is a possibility we may noticed below error on the switch. 

root> request system software add /var/tmp/junos-arm-32-21.4R3-S7.6.tgz

setting unlink by default.

contents/junos-runtime.tgz: gzip decompression failed

tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.

Error: not enough space to unpack /var/tmp/junos-arm-32-21.4R3-S7.6.tgz

ERROR: Either use 'force' or consider deleting snapshots using 'request system snapshot delete 

EX2300 has a lower storage as a result at times when  we attempt to perform an upgrade on JUNOS there is a possibility we may noticed below error on the switch. 

root> request system software add /var/tmp/junos-arm-32-21.4R3-S7.6.tgz

setting unlink by default.

contents/junos-runtime.tgz: gzip decompression failed

tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors.

Error: not enough space to unpack /var/tmp/junos-arm-32-21.4R3-S7.6.tgz

ERROR: Either use 'force' or consider deleting snapshots using 'request system snapshot delete 

• We noticed space issue while upgrade the switch.
• Try to upgrade the switch but encountered a space issue, despite having sufficient available space.
• Try to upgrade another switch and check we noticed the same error.
• Please verify the MD5 checksum to ensure it matched as such errors can occur due to an MD5 mismatch.

2024-09-16 : Article Created

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