topic Moving ASA5505 flash to new unit in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/moving-asa5505-flash-to-new-unit/m-p/2303814#M311717 <P>Hi,</P><P>My ASA 5505 just died. No sign of life whatsoever. So I bought a new replacement 5505, but then I see that the new unit has an older version of the sw compared to my old unit. So I tried to insert the old compact-flash into the new unit, and it boots ok, and I can ping it. But it's not accessible via ASDM.</P><P></P><P>Is it possible to move an ASA 5505 compact flash from one unit to another, or do I have to restore from a backup, and then upgrade the sw ?</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>Mats</P> Tue, 12 Mar 2019 02:45:43 GMT mats_webjorn 2019-03-12T02:45:43Z Moving ASA5505 flash to new unit https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/moving-asa5505-flash-to-new-unit/m-p/2303814#M311717 <P>Hi,</P><P>My ASA 5505 just died. No sign of life whatsoever. So I bought a new replacement 5505, but then I see that the new unit has an older version of the sw compared to my old unit. So I tried to insert the old compact-flash into the new unit, and it boots ok, and I can ping it. But it's not accessible via ASDM.</P><P></P><P>Is it possible to move an ASA 5505 compact flash from one unit to another, or do I have to restore from a backup, and then upgrade the sw ?</P><P></P><P>Regards</P><P>Mats</P> Tue, 12 Mar 2019 02:45:43 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/moving-asa5505-flash-to-new-unit/m-p/2303814#M311717 mats_webjorn 2019-03-12T02:45:43Z Moving ASA5505 flash to new unit https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/moving-asa5505-flash-to-new-unit/m-p/2303815#M311718 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Problem solved. This is what I did:</P><P>1) I pulled out the newer sw images from the old CompactFlash card for the crashed ASA using a USB-reader</P><P>2) Configured factory-default config for the new unit using <A href="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa82/configuration/guide/start.html">http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/asa/asa82/configuration/guide/start.html</A> with IP-address the new unit should have</P><P>3) Make sure that configuration is reset back to 0x01</P><P>4) Start ASDM and upload new ASA and ASDM images</P><P>5) Restore backup</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 02 Oct 2013 08:36:11 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/moving-asa5505-flash-to-new-unit/m-p/2303815#M311718 mats_webjorn 2013-10-02T08:36:11Z