It validates the checksums then stores an installer locally (with the content of the tgz) that will be started at next boot, which will install the OS and stores the stuff (mainly to /packages/). On some platforms the new OS is installed to the alternate boot partition (on EX platforms by example) which will the active one at next boot.
Usually you use the command with the no-copy option to avoid getting/keeping a useless additional local copy of the tgz archive itself (in /var/tmp/ I guess). > On 28 june 2017 at 19:21, Aaron Gould <aar...@gvtc.com> wrote : > > Thanks Thomasz, well, sort of, I’m wondering if there is a way to upgrade > Junos from a box that is running the desired version ? So I was wondering > how the following command runs and does the juniper device store that ENTIRE > file somewhere ? if so, then I could copy it off and use it. I was asking > if when I do the following command, does that juniper device store the whole > file somewhere, or not? > > request system software add validate force-host > ftp://172.17.143.125/jinstall-acx5k-15.1X54-D61.6-domestic-signed.tgz _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
