Symptom

On Nexus 9K EoR switches (Nexus 9500 switches), the following error will be seen in logging (exact percent may be variable): `show logging` 2023 Apr 11 16:08:32 Nexus9000-switch %SYSMGR-STANDBY-2-NON_VOLATILE_DB_FULL: System non-volatile storage usage is unexpectedly high at 80%. The utilization can grow over time and can eventually hit 100%. Specifically, when checking the bash shell on the standby supervisor, the following file will be consuming the vast majority of space in the /dev/sda3 file system: Nexus9000-switch(standby)# run bash sudo su - root@(none)#df -h | egrep -i pss /dev/sda3 120M 97M 18M 85% /mnt/pss <<< checking for which file system /mnt/pss is mounted on root@(none)#ls -la /mnt/pss/core* -rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 83337073 Jan 26 00:06 /mnt/pss/core-dump.log <<< the offending file -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 193 May 11 2020 /mnt/pss/core_handling.log

Conditions

- Nexus 9500 switch running impacted code - specific syslog seen - %SYSMGR-STANDBY-2-NON_VOLATILE_DB_FULL: System non-volatile storage usage is unexpectedly high at 80%. - file /mnt/pss/core-dump.log has grown to consume most of the available free space relative to all other files

Workaround

None known at this time.

Further Problem Description