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Problem
If you ever run into the following error messages:
%Error copying usbflash0:cat3k_caa-universalk9.SPA.03.06.04.E.152-2.E4.bin (Not enough space on device)
or
% flash: requires 295884 KB of free space, but only 167160 KB is available. Operation aborted.
You’ve run out of disk space on your flash!
If you did a dir, you may notice that you may have too many old images on the flash of your switch or router.
Directory of flash:/ 7746 -rw- 79110340 Nov 16 2014 17:22:17 -08:00 cat3k_caa-base.SPA.03.03.04SE.pkg 7747 -rw- 6521532 Nov 16 2014 17:22:18 -08:00 cat3k_caa-drivers.SPA.03.03.04SE.pkg 7748 -rw- 34530288 Nov 16 2014 17:22:17 -08:00 cat3k_caa-infra.SPA.03.03.04SE.pkg 7749 -rw- 34856268 Nov 16 2014 17:22:18 -08:00 cat3k_caa-iosd-universalk9.SPA.150-1.EZ4.pkg 7750 -rw- 25172880 Nov 16 2014 17:22:18 -08:00 cat3k_caa-platform.SPA.03.03.04SE.pkg 7751 -rw- 77445952 Nov 16 2014 17:22:18 -08:00 cat3k_caa-wcm.SPA.10.1.140.0.pkg 7755 -rw- 1247 Mar 1 2016 16:42:57 -08:00 packages.conf 7753 -rw- 2097152 May 19 2016 09:38:51 -07:00 nvram_config 38723 -rw- 1247 Nov 16 2014 17:22:29 -08:00 packages.conf.02- 38724 -rw- 1236 Dec 10 2015 11:41:26 -08:00 packages.conf.01- 7754 -rw- 1236 Jan 29 2016 10:45:59 -08:00 packages.conf.00- 7752 -rw- 676 May 19 2016 09:38:45 -07:00 vlan.dat 7757 -rw- 82657092 Dec 10 2015 11:41:21 -08:00 cat3k_caa-base.SPA.03.06.03E.pkg 7758 -rw- 4922044 Dec 10 2015 11:41:21 -08:00 cat3k_caa-drivers.SPA.03.06.03E.pkg 7759 -rw- 33782764 Dec 10 2015 11:41:21 -08:00 cat3k_caa-infra.SPA.03.06.03E.pkg 7760 -rw- 42984768 Dec 10 2015 11:41:21 -08:00 cat3k_caa-iosd-universalk9.SPA.152-2.E3.pkg 7761 -rw- 27382668 Dec 10 2015 11:41:21 -08:00 cat3k_caa-platform.SPA.03.06.03E.pkg 7762 -rw- 111156032 Dec 10 2015 11:41:22 -08:00 cat3k_caa-wcm.SPA.10.2.131.0.pkg 54209 drwx 4096 Feb 12 2016 15:10:16 -08:00 dc_profile_dir 7763 -rw- 14652 Jan 19 2016 11:24:43 -08:00 c3650-atong-jan19-16.cfg 7764 -rw- 15938 Jan 19 2016 15:58:34 -08:00 C3650-RSAT2-4-jan19-16.cfg 7765 -rw- 302988468 May 19 2016 09:58:43 -07:00 cat3k_caa-universalk9.SPA.03.06.04.E.152-2.E4.bin 15489 drwx 4096 Jan 29 2016 10:52:22 -08:00 vman_fdb 7768 -rw- 82022500 Jan 29 2016 10:45:54 -08:00 cat3k_caa-base.SPA.03.07.03E.pkg 7769 -rw- 5653180 Jan 29 2016 10:45:54 -08:00 cat3k_caa-drivers.SPA.03.07.03E.pkg 7770 -rw- 36953096 Jan 29 2016 10:45:54 -08:00 cat3k_caa-infra.SPA.03.07.03E.pkg 7771 -rw- 46236992 Jan 29 2016 10:45:54 -08:00 cat3k_caa-iosd-universalk9.SPA.152-3.E3.pkg 7772 -rw- 28883852 Jan 29 2016 10:45:55 -08:00 cat3k_caa-platform.SPA.03.07.03E.pkg 7773 -rw- 123237184 Jan 29 2016 10:45:55 -08:00 cat3k_caa-wcm.SPA.10.3.130.0.pkg 7756 drwx 4096 Jan 29 2016 10:52:22 -08:00 virtual-instance 23233 drwx 4096 Jan 29 2016 10:53:48 -08:00 wnweb_store 15491 -rw- 79122052 Mar 1 2016 16:42:52 -08:00 cat3k_caa-base.SPA.03.03.05SE.pkg 15492 -rw- 6521532 Mar 1 2016 16:42:52 -08:00 cat3k_caa-drivers.SPA.03.03.05SE.pkg 15493 -rw- 34530288 Mar 1 2016 16:42:52 -08:00 cat3k_caa-infra.SPA.03.03.05SE.pkg 15494 -rw- 34846028 Mar 1 2016 16:42:53 -08:00 cat3k_caa-iosd-universalk9.SPA.150-1.EZ5.pkg 15495 -rw- 25170832 Mar 1 2016 16:42:53 -08:00 cat3k_caa-platform.SPA.03.03.05SE.pkg 15496 -rw- 77456192 Mar 1 2016 16:42:53 -08:00 cat3k_caa-wcm.SPA.10.1.150.0.pkg
How do you free up your flash without deleting the unused image files one by one?
Solution
Run the command:
switch# software clean
The operation will automatically find all the old images files that are not in use and deletes them all at once with a prompt.
Preparing clean operation ...
[1]: Cleaning up unnecessary package files
[1]: No path specified, will use booted path flash:packages.conf
[1]: Cleaning flash:
[1]: Preparing packages list to delete ...
In use files, will not delete:
cat3k_caa-base.SPA.03.03.05SE.pkg
cat3k_caa-drivers.SPA.03.03.05SE.pkg
cat3k_caa-infra.SPA.03.03.05SE.pkg
cat3k_caa-iosd-universalk9.SPA.150-1.EZ5.pkg
cat3k_caa-platform.SPA.03.03.05SE.pkg
cat3k_caa-wcm.SPA.10.1.150.0.pkg
packages.conf
[1]: Files that will be deleted:
cat3k_caa-base.SPA.03.03.04SE.pkg
cat3k_caa-base.SPA.03.06.03E.pkg
cat3k_caa-base.SPA.03.07.03E.pkg
cat3k_caa-drivers.SPA.03.03.04SE.pkg
cat3k_caa-drivers.SPA.03.06.03E.pkg
cat3k_caa-drivers.SPA.03.07.03E.pkg
cat3k_caa-infra.SPA.03.03.04SE.pkg
cat3k_caa-infra.SPA.03.06.03E.pkg
cat3k_caa-infra.SPA.03.07.03E.pkg
cat3k_caa-iosd-universalk9.SPA.150-1.EZ4.pkg
cat3k_caa-iosd-universalk9.SPA.152-2.E3.pkg
cat3k_caa-iosd-universalk9.SPA.152-3.E3.pkg
cat3k_caa-platform.SPA.03.03.04SE.pkg
cat3k_caa-platform.SPA.03.06.03E.pkg
cat3k_caa-platform.SPA.03.07.03E.pkg
cat3k_caa-universalk9.SPA.03.06.04.E.152-2.E4.bin
cat3k_caa-wcm.SPA.10.1.140.0.pkg
cat3k_caa-wcm.SPA.10.2.131.0.pkg
cat3k_caa-wcm.SPA.10.3.130.0.pkg
packages.conf.00-
packages.conf.01-
packages.conf.02-
[1]: Do you want to proceed with the deletion? [yes/no]: yes
