[j-nsp] Regular maintenance advice

[Julien Goodwin]

On 04/04/12 00:28, Skeeve Stevens wrote:
> 1. Show log messages
> 
>      a.     Look at last few days for anything suspicious
> 
>           i.     Interfaces flapping

"show int | match flap" is your friend. Also chassisd

> 2. Show interfaces terse
> 
>      a.     Anything down that shouldn’t be?

Also anything *up* that shouldn't be.

If you can be strict about it you can say anything but up/up and
down/down are problems.

> 3. Show chassis alarm
> 
>      a.     Look for any alarm information

If you have any EX (at least, can't remember for SRX/J, not for M/...)
also add:

show system alarms

(It's sad how few people know about this)

> 4. Show system snapshot
> 
>      a.     If older than 1 week then – ‘Request system snapshot’

er, why?
Do a snapshot on OS upgrade, shouldn't be needed after that.

Verifing "commit sync" is default is also good.

> 5. Show system uptime
> 
>      a.     As expected?
> 
> 6. Show system storage
> 
>      a.     Confirm / (root) disk space is not getting full.

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