[j-nsp] Configuration database lock problem

[Jonas Frey]

Hello Erdem,

thanks, i received a very similar method, however i fixed it by
switching mastership of the RE's. I'll write this done in case it
happens again.

Regards,
Jonas Frey

On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 19:03, Erdem Sener wrote:
> Hi Jonas,
> 
>  It seems to me your configuration database is corrupted since 'clear
> system commit' is not working properly, which should.
> 
>  Here's something else you can try. Be *VERY* careful though since
> this process will erase your configuration
> at some point, so I suggest you back it up in your workstation too,
> just in case and make sure you have console access to the box
> 
> lab at router> configure
> lab at router # save Saved-config
> lab at router # run file list | match "/"
> 
> /var/home/lab/:           ========> remember this path, just in case
> you need to login with another user via console later.
> 
> lab at router> start shell user root
> Password:
> lab at router% cd /var/rundb
> lab at router%  ls juniper*
> juniper.data    juniper.db      juniper.save
> lab at router% rm juniper.*
> lab at router% exit
> exit
> 
> [edit]
> lab at router# exit
> lab at router> configure
> Entering configuration mode
> The configuration has been changed but not committed
> 
> [edit]
> lab at router# show
> ## Last changed: 2008-04-05 18:51:27 CEST
> 
> lab at router#  commit check
> error: cannot commit an empty configuration   # ==:> all your config is deleted
> 
> lab at router# load override Saved-config # == > use 'load override' to
> recover your last "couldnt-be-committed" version of the config
> load complete
> 
> [edit]
> lab at router# show # =======> check your configuration here !!!!
> 
> [snipped]
> 
> [edit]
> lab at router# commit and-quit # =======> now you should be able to commit
> commit complete
> Exiting configuration mode
> 
> lab at router>
> 
> 
> HTH
> Erdem
> 
> On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 4:39 AM, Jonas Frey <jf at probe-networks.de> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> >  thanks for all the suggestions:
> >
> >  commit / rollback 0
> >
> > request system logout user root
> >
> > request system logout pid 26710
> >  clear system commit
> >
> >  However none of these work. Does anyone have any other suggestion?
> >
> >
> >
> >  Regards,
> >  Jonas Frey
> >
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