SRX

Hi!

When i'm trying to upgrade JunOS on SRX300 from 15.1X49-D120.3 to 15.1X49-D170.4 I receive strange errors:

> request system software add /var/tmp/junos-srxsme-15.1X49-D170.4-domestic.tgz no-copy unlink
NOTICE: Validating configuration against junos-srxsme-15.1X49-D170.4-domestic.tgz.
NOTICE: Use the 'no-validate' option to skip this if desired.
Formatting alternate root (/dev/da1s2a)...
/dev/da1s2a: 596.2MB (1220920 sectors) block size 16384, fragment size 2048
using 4 cylinder groups of 149.05MB, 9539 blks, 19200 inodes.
super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at:
32, 305280, 610528, 915776
Checking compatibility with configuration
Initializing...
Using junos-15.1X49-D170.4-domestic from /altroot/cf/packages/install-tmp/junos-15.1X49-D170.4-domestic
Copying package ...
mkdir: /cf/var/validate/c/tmp: No such file or directory
mount_nullfs: /cf/var/validate/c/tmp: No such file or directory
cd: can't cd to /cf/var/validate/c/tmp/junos
/usr/libexec/ui/validate-config: cannot create /cf/var/validate/c/tmp/junos/+INSTALL.x: No such file or directory
chroot: /bin/sh: No such file or directory
ERROR: validate-config: /cf/var/validate/c/tmp/junos/+INSTALL fails
ERROR: Configuration validation failed with /altroot/cf/packages/install-tmp/junos-15.1X49-D170.4-domestic

I tried to upgrade to several other versions, but received the same error.

It doesn't look like problem with free space:

> show system storage
node0:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/da1s1a 579M 251M 282M 47% /
devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /dev
/dev/md0 20M 11M 6.7M 63% /junos
/cf/packages 579M 251M 282M 47% /junos/cf/packages
devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /junos/cf/dev
/dev/md1 807M 807M 0B 100% /junos
/cf 20M 11M 6.7M 63% /junos/cf
devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /junos/dev/
/cf/packages 579M 251M 282M 47% /junos/cf/packages1
procfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /proc
/dev/bo0s3e 185M 806K 170M 0% /config
/dev/bo0s3f 4.9G 1.5G 3.0G 33% /cf/var
/dev/md2 672M 44M 574M 7% /mfs
/cf/var/jail 4.9G 1.5G 3.0G 33% /jail/var
/cf/var/jails/rest-api 4.9G 1.5G 3.0G 33% /web-api/var
/cf/var/log 4.9G 1.5G 3.0G 33% /jail/var/log
devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /jail/dev
/dev/md3 1.8M 4.0K 1.7M 0% /jail/mfs
devfs 1.0K 1.0K 0B 100% /cf/var/validate/c/cf/dev
procfs 4.0K 4.0K 0B 100% /cf/var/validate/c/proc

Any advices?

The error is pretty clear:

NOTICE: Validating configuration against junos-srxsme-15.1X49-D170.4-domestic.tgz.
NOTICE: Use the 'no-validate' option to skip this if desired.
Checking compatibility with configuration
ERROR: Configuration validation failed with /altroot/cf/packages/install-tmp/junos-15.1X49-D170.4-domestic

Config validation is rarely helpful and I don't know what wouldn't be compatible between two minor updates. I would update with the no-validate option:

request system software add /var/tmp/junos-srxsme-15.1X49-D170.4-domestic.tgz no-copy no-validate unlink

Thank you a lot, looks like no-validate helped.

I know this option, but I thought that the problem in some missing files...

Hi RuslanP,

Is your box booted up with backup partition when you are trying the upgrade?

You can confirm from command:

show system storage partitions | match "Currently booted"

This expected the validation option failed if you are booting up from backup partition.

The validation option should work properly if your box is booted up from primary partition.

Hope this help.

Tim.

Hi Tim,

No, I booted from active partions:

> show system storage partitions | match "Currently booted"
Currently booted from: active (da1s1a)
Currently booted from: active (da0s1a)