Hey Mickey, These messages are somewhat common when you skip a few releases. When wearing my **testing** hat I use the "force" option, and when available the "no-validate" switch, to make things happen when I see such messages. I generally have success with this, especially when upgrading. Sometimes on a downgrade your config will not be committed due to unsupported statements. In some cases the release notes will inform that you have to upgrade/downgrade to some intermediate version, but in the case of 7.6R4.3 I saw no such instructions.
Definitely do a "request system snapshot" before attempting any upgrade, if you have not already done so, to enable a reboot to existing environment off of disk, should is be desired. I believe that the "validate" option is the default when moving between releases, and the 5.6 release does not seem to offer no-validate as a choice. Being that I was waiting for a test to complete, I went ahead and staged a 5.6R2.4 to 7.6R4.3 upgrade on an m5, and all seems OK. Unfortunatley this machine had no console access so only before/after. Even so, being that you are in a production environment I suggest that you contact jtac to see if they have any specific instructions. HTHs [EMAIL PROTECTED]> show version Hostname: wiggum Model: m5 JUNOS Base OS boot [5.6R2.4] JUNOS Base OS Software Suite [5.6R2.4] JUNOS Kernel Software Suite [5.6R2.4] JUNOS Packet Forwarding Engine Support (M5/M10) [5.6R2.4] JUNOS Routing Software Suite [5.6R2.4] JUNOS Online Documentation [5.6R2.4] JUNOS Crypto Software Suite [5.6R2.4] KERNEL 5.6R2.4 #0 built by builder on 2003-02-14 23:22:39 UTC . . . [EMAIL PROTECTED]> request system software add jinstall-7.6R4.3-domestic-signed.tgz force reboot Installing package '/var/home/regress/jinstall-7.6R4.3-domestic-signed.tgz' ... Verified MD5 checksum of jinstall-7.6R4.3-domestic.tgz Adding jinstall... WARNING: This package will load JUNOS 7.6R4.3 software. WARNING: It will save JUNOS configuration files, and SSH keys WARNING: (if configured), but erase all other files and information WARNING: stored on this machine. It will attempt to preserve dumps WARNING: and log files, but this can not be guaranteed. This is the WARNING: pre-installation stage and all the software is loaded when WARNING: you reboot the system. Saving the config files ... Installing the bootstrap installer ... WARNING: A REBOOT IS REQUIRED TO LOAD THIS SOFTWARE CORRECTLY. Use the WARNING: 'request system reboot' command when software installation is WARNING: complete. To abort the installation, do not reboot your system, WARNING: instead use the 'request system software delete jinstall' WARNING: command as soon as this operation completes. Saving package file in /var/sw/pkg/jinstall-7.6R4.3-domestic-signed.tgz ... Saving state for rollback ... Rebooting ... Reboot consistency check bypassed - jinstall 7.6R4.3 will complete installation upon reboot shutdown: [pid 3081] Shutdown NOW! *** FINAL System shutdown message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** System going down IMMEDIATELY [EMAIL PROTECTED]> . . . . wiggum (ttyp0) login: login: regress Password: --- JUNOS 7.6R4.3 built 2007-02-09 23:21:08 UTC % dmesg Copyright (c) 1996-2001, Juniper Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1992-2004 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. JUNOS 7.6R4.3 #0: 2007-02-09 23:21:08 UTC [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/build/drakaina-c/7.6R4.3/obj-i386/sys/comp ile/JUNIPER Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz Timecounter "TSC" frequency 331706894 Hz CPU: Pentium II/Pentium II Xeon/Celeron (331.71-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x66a Stepping = 10 Features=0x183f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,C MOV,PAT,PSE36,MMX,FXSR> real memory = 268369920 (262080K bytes) sio0: gdb debugging port avail memory = 253669376 (247724K bytes) Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc06ea000. DEVFS: ready for devices Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled md0: Malloc disk Using $PIR table, 14 entries at 0xc00fde70 DRAM Data Integrity Mode: Non-ECC npx0: <math processor> on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface pcib0: <Intel 82443BX host to PCI bridge (AGP disabled)> on motherboard pci0: <PCI bus> on pcib0 isab0: <Intel 82371AB PCI to ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0 isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0 atapci0: <Intel PIIX4 ATA33 controller> port 0xf000-0xf00f at device 7.1 on pci0 ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 pci0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> at 7.2 irq 11 smb0: <Intel 82371AB SMB controller> port 0x5000-0x500f at device 7.3 on pci0 pcic0: <TI PCI-1251B PCI-CardBus Bridge> mem 0xe6205000-0xe6205fff irq 15 at device 13.0 on pci0 pcic0: TI12XX PCI Config Reg: [pci only] pccard0: <PC Card bus -- legacy version> on pcic0 pcic1: <TI PCI-1251B PCI-CardBus Bridge> mem 0xe6200000-0xe6200fff irq 7 at device 13.1 on pci0 pcic1: TI12XX PCI Config Reg: [pci only] pccard1: <PC Card bus -- legacy version> on pcic1 fxp0: <Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> port 0xd800-0xd83f mem 0xe6100000-0xe61fffff,0xe6204000-0xe6204fff irq 7 at device 16.0 on pci0 pcib1: <DEC 21150 PCI-PCI bridge> at device 17.0 on pci0 pci1: <PCI bus> on pcib1 fxp1: <Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100B Ethernet> port 0xe000-0xe03f mem 0xe6000000-0xe60fffff,0xe6207000-0xe6207fff irq 10 at device 19.0 on pci0 orm0: <Option ROMs> at iomem 0xc8000-0xc87ff,0xc9000-0xc97ff on isa0 ata2 at port 0x170-0x177,0x376 irq 15 on isa0 atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> at port 0x60,0x64 on isa0 vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3b0-0x3bb iomem 0xb0000-0xb7fff on isa0 sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: MDA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x100> sio0 at port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x90 on isa0 sio0: type 16550A, console sio1 at port 0x3e8-0x3ef irq 5 on isa0 sio1: type 16550A sio2 at port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on isa0 sio2: type 16550A sio3: configured irq 7 not in bitmap of probed irqs 0 fxp0: Ethernet address 00:a0:a5:12:25:b0 fxp1: Ethernet address 02:00:00:00:00:04 DEVFS: ready to run ad0: 91MB <SanDisk SDCFB-96> [734/8/32] at ata0-master PIO1 ad1: 11513MB <IBM-DARA-212000> [23392/16/63] at ata0-slave UDMA33 Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a fxp1: link media UP 100Mb / full-duplex TNP: version is changing to 1 TNP: adding neighbor 2 to interface fxp1. fxp0: link media UP 100Mb / full-duplex Microcode: Header revision 1, Date 5/5/1999, Platform Id 0x20 Microcode: updated from revision 0 to 11, date=05051999 mastership: routing engine 0 becoming master TNP: adding neighbor 1 to interface fxp1. cos_msg_red_drop_req_to_pfe: profile 0, err 0 rts_cos_red_drop_req_wait_and_reply red_drop_msg NULL to GETNEXT profile 0 setsockopt(RTS_ASYNC_NEED_RESYNC) ignored (pppd): client already active % cli sho [EMAIL PROTECTED]> show version Hostname: wiggum Model: m5 JUNOS Base OS boot [7.6R4.3] JUNOS Base OS Software Suite [7.6R4.3] JUNOS Kernel Software Suite [7.6R4.3] JUNOS Packet Forwarding Engine Support (M5/M10) [7.6R4.3] JUNOS Routing Software Suite [7.6R4.3] JUNOS Online Documentation [7.6R4.3] JUNOS Crypto Software Suite [7.6R4.3] [EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> show chassis alarms No alarms currently active > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Mickey Everts > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 3:12 PM > To: juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > Subject: [j-nsp] trying to upgrade OS on M5, getting "not > compatible" error > > > I have an M5 which is running kind of an old version, JUNOS 5.6R2.4. > When I attempt to upgrade via this command: > > request system software add validate reboot > /var/tmp/jinstall-7.6R4.3-domestic-signed.tgz > > I received the following error... > > WARNING: Current configuration not compatible with > /var/tmp/jinstall-7.6R4.3-domestic-signed.tgz > > For the hell of it, I tried > instead"jinstall-6.3R3.1-domestic-signed.tgz", but received > the same error. > > > What would be the best way to proceed? We depend on this > router and need to keep downtime to a minimum. The error > message is not exactly chock full of details. What would > happen if I left off the "validate" > part of the command? > > Thanks in advance for any help on this.... > > Mickey > > > _______________________________________________ > juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp