[rancid] Contents of nvram alternating

[Buchan Milne]

On some of our 6500's, and one 7600, I see something like this:


!Flash: 1672932 bytes available (30308636 bytes used)
!
+ !Flash: nvram: Directory of nvram:/
+ !Flash: nvram: 382 -rw- 34497 <no date>
startup-config
+ !Flash: nvram: 383 ---- 1932 <no date>
private-config
+ !Flash: nvram: 384 -rw- 34497 <no date>
underlying-config
+ !Flash: nvram: 2 ---- 47 <no date>
persistent-data
+ !Flash: nvram: 3 ---- 4 <no date>
rf_cold_starts
+ !Flash: nvram: 391160 bytes total (351607 bytes free)
+ !
!Flash: bootflash: Directory of bootflash:/

then on the next run:
!Flash: 1672932 bytes available (30308636 bytes used)
!
!Flash: nvram: Directory of nvram:/
- !Flash: nvram: 382 -rw- 34497 <no date>
startup-config
- !Flash: nvram: 383 ---- 1932 <no date>
private-config
- !Flash: nvram: 384 -rw- 34497 <no date>
underlying-config
- !Flash: nvram: 2 ---- 47 <no date>
persistent-data
- !Flash: nvram: 3 ---- 4 <no date>
rf_cold_starts
+ !Flash: nvram: No files in directory
!Flash: nvram: 391160 bytes total (351607 bytes free)
!
!Flash: bootflash: Directory of bootflash:/


and the next run:
!Flash: 1672932 bytes available (30308636 bytes used)
!
- !Flash: nvram: Directory of nvram:/
- !Flash: nvram: No files in directory
- !Flash: nvram: 391160 bytes total (351607 bytes free)
- !
!Flash: bootflash: Directory of bootflash:/


The network engineer claims there is nothing wrong with this device ...

Has anyone seen this? Is there anything I can do about it besides removing the
nvram directory listing from rancid?

Regards,
Buchan

[john heasley]

This is probably a Cisco bug; I see this on a 7200 which has limited free
memory (and leaks a bit). check the syslog for errors.

Post by Buchan Milne
!Flash: 1672932 bytes available (30308636 bytes used)
!
+ !Flash: nvram: Directory of nvram:/
+ !Flash: nvram: 382 -rw- 34497 <no date>
startup-config
+ !Flash: nvram: 383 ---- 1932 <no date>
private-config
+ !Flash: nvram: 384 -rw- 34497 <no date>
underlying-config
+ !Flash: nvram: 2 ---- 47 <no date>
persistent-data
+ !Flash: nvram: 3 ---- 4 <no date>
rf_cold_starts
+ !Flash: nvram: 391160 bytes total (351607 bytes free)
+ !
!Flash: bootflash: Directory of bootflash:/
!Flash: 1672932 bytes available (30308636 bytes used)
!
!Flash: nvram: Directory of nvram:/
- !Flash: nvram: 382 -rw- 34497 <no date>
startup-config
- !Flash: nvram: 383 ---- 1932 <no date>
private-config
- !Flash: nvram: 384 -rw- 34497 <no date>
underlying-config
- !Flash: nvram: 2 ---- 47 <no date>
persistent-data
- !Flash: nvram: 3 ---- 4 <no date>
rf_cold_starts
+ !Flash: nvram: No files in directory
!Flash: nvram: 391160 bytes total (351607 bytes free)
!
!Flash: bootflash: Directory of bootflash:/
!Flash: 1672932 bytes available (30308636 bytes used)
!
- !Flash: nvram: Directory of nvram:/
- !Flash: nvram: No files in directory
- !Flash: nvram: 391160 bytes total (351607 bytes free)
- !
!Flash: bootflash: Directory of bootflash:/
The network engineer claims there is nothing wrong with this device ...
Has anyone seen this? Is there anything I can do about it besides removing the
nvram directory listing from rancid?
Regards,
Buchan
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