Symptom

"Copy startup-config " command may fail on Nexus 5000/6000 switch. It may throw error like Example: P1ACCS50# copy start test.lob sh: /var/tmp/vsh/P1ACCS50-startup-config: Permission denied Failed: "generic error"

Conditions

Copy running-config startup-config or copy startup-config command was run from another terminal at same time.

Workaround

Delete the temp file for which the "Permission denied" error was showing. Example: Switch # filesys delete /var/tmp/vsh/P1ACCS50-startup-config

Further Problem Description