[Junos] Example - Clear a pending commit

A user wants to edit the configuration and commit applied changes in the configuration, but the system rejects the changes as well as the commit due to a pending commit ('commit at' command). The following message is displayed:

[edit] user# commit error: Another commit is pending

If you need to make any changes before the scheduled commit, you can use the command clear system commit.

The example below shows how a commit can cause problems and how to clear any pending commits:

A user makes some configuration changes and issues a 'commit at' for a certain date:

user> configure Entering configuration mode [edit] user# show system login message message " \n\n ********** test ********** \n\n"; [edit] user# commit at "2006-12-31 23:59:59" configuration check succeeds commit at will be executed at 2006-12-31 23:59:59 CET The configuration has been changed but not committed Exiting configuration mode
Before the commit has taken place, the configuration needs to be further changed. This fails due to the pending commit:

user> configure Entering configuration mode Users currently editing the configuration: user terminal d0 (pid 15099) on since 2006-07-27 09:23:28 CEST commit-at The configuration has been changed but not committed [edit] user# set firewall family inet filter urgent term 1 then accept error: configuration database locked by: user terminal d0 (pid 15099) on since 2006-07-27 09:23:28 CEST, idle 00:00:38 commit at error: configuration database locked by: user terminal d0 (pid 15099) on since 2006-07-27 09:23:28 CEST, idle 00:00:38 commit at [edit] user# commit error: Another commit is pending
With the clear system commit command the pending commit can be cleared and the configuration changes can be committed:

[edit] user# run clear system commit Pending commit cleared [edit] user# set firewall family inet filter urgent term 1 then accept [edit] user# set interfaces lo0 unit 0 family inet filter input urgent [edit] user# commit commit complete

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