[c-nsp] CRS secondary RP not syncing properly

[Mikael Abrahamsson]

With XR 5.1.3, I applied most of the SMUs available today. After that I 
issued a format command for disk0: on the secondary RP, which then 
rebooted according to plan and started syncing from primary RP. I then 
started getting these messages on the secondary RP (with the SMUs, it was 
for the -sse- package):

Apr 09 11:34:25.192: Install Setup: Syncing package 
'disk0/iosxr-fwding-5.1.3':
  This (D)RP Node is not ready or active for login /configuration
Apr 09 12:11:52.328: Install Setup:   Failed: Unable to sync all of the 
contents of '/disk0/iosxr-fwding-5.1.3'
Apr 09 12:11:52.494: Install Setup: Failed to sync some packages or 
meta-data
Apr 09 12:11:52.495: Install Setup: Install Setup (pid 53288) has failed 
to prepare this node successfully and will now exit: (2949233664) 
'Subsystem(8083)' detected the 'fatal' condition 'Code(30)'
Apr 09 12:11:56.457: Install Setup: Using install device 'disk0:'
Apr 09 12:11:56.468: Install Setup: Using MBI device 'bootflash:'
Apr 09 12:11:58.696: Install Setup: Preparing devices:
Apr 09 12:11:58.707: Install Setup:   Complete
Apr 09 12:11:58.954: Install Setup: Starting package and meta-data sync
Apr 09 12:11:58.966: Install Setup: Cleaning packages not in sync list
Apr 09 12:11:58.968: Install Setup:   Complete
Apr 09 12:11:58.975: Install Setup: Syncing package 
'disk0/iosxr-fwding-5.1.3':

... and this never fixes itself. I put the secondary RP in bootrom and 
deactivated all the SMUs on the primary RP, and then removed them. This 
still didn't fix the problem.

I'm pretty sure I could go on-site, format the disk0: in the secondary RP, 
and boot it, and the sync would work just fine. I have serial console on 
the secondary RP.

So my question now is, is there a boot variable I can set to make XR 
either format or completely "clean" disk0: on secondary RP after initial 
boot? I know this can be done with turbo-boot, but I haven't been able to 
find anything on how to do this if I don't want to turbo-boot.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se