topic Recovering the config from a failed SSM-40 in Network Security https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/recovering-the-config-from-a-failed-ssm-40/m-p/1780914#M64822 <P>We had a SSM-40 fail last night (our 4th in the two years).&nbsp; To get us back up as quickly as possible, I had to pull the SSM-40 and its counterpart from our two 5540's that are in a active/standby configuration.</P><P></P><P>Since I am currently under a configuration hold situation because of a datacenter upgrade that will be occuring starting in 48 hours from now, I cant take the ASA's back down to put the module back in to attempt to retrieve my current configuration file.</P><P></P><P>I have removed the CF card and put it in a reader on a linux workstation, I was able to see the file system.&nbsp; Does anyone know of where to find the config file on the CF card ?&nbsp; I would like to get this for several reasons - 1) I would like to transfer the file to the new SSM-40 that will be arriving tomorrow and 2) Moving forward, I would like to know&nbsp; the file is so that when we return the equipment to the leasing company at the end of the lease so I would prefer not to have this info still on the SSM module when it goes back.</P><P></P><P>I usually have a Lab ASA but not one that will handle the SSM-40.&nbsp; I am guessing that I might be able to swap flash cards between the SSM's but would prefer not to mix/match parts to keep things simple for all concerned.</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Ron</P> Sun, 10 Mar 2019 12:27:50 GMT Ronald Nutter 2019-03-10T12:27:50Z Recovering the config from a failed SSM-40 https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/recovering-the-config-from-a-failed-ssm-40/m-p/1780914#M64822 <P>We had a SSM-40 fail last night (our 4th in the two years).&nbsp; To get us back up as quickly as possible, I had to pull the SSM-40 and its counterpart from our two 5540's that are in a active/standby configuration.</P><P></P><P>Since I am currently under a configuration hold situation because of a datacenter upgrade that will be occuring starting in 48 hours from now, I cant take the ASA's back down to put the module back in to attempt to retrieve my current configuration file.</P><P></P><P>I have removed the CF card and put it in a reader on a linux workstation, I was able to see the file system.&nbsp; Does anyone know of where to find the config file on the CF card ?&nbsp; I would like to get this for several reasons - 1) I would like to transfer the file to the new SSM-40 that will be arriving tomorrow and 2) Moving forward, I would like to know&nbsp; the file is so that when we return the equipment to the leasing company at the end of the lease so I would prefer not to have this info still on the SSM module when it goes back.</P><P></P><P>I usually have a Lab ASA but not one that will handle the SSM-40.&nbsp; I am guessing that I might be able to swap flash cards between the SSM's but would prefer not to mix/match parts to keep things simple for all concerned.</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Ron</P> Sun, 10 Mar 2019 12:27:50 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/recovering-the-config-from-a-failed-ssm-40/m-p/1780914#M64822 Ronald Nutter 2019-03-10T12:27:50Z Re: Recovering the config from a failed SSM-40 https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/recovering-the-config-from-a-failed-ssm-40/m-p/1780915#M64824 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">Does anyone know of where to find the config file on the CF card?</PRE><P></P><P>Hi Ronald. This is not Cisco-supported, but the files you would be most interested in would probably be:</P><P></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">/usr/cids/idsRoot/etc/current.cfg</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: courier new,courier;">/usr/cids/idsRoot/etc/backup.cfg</SPAN></P><P></P><P>Best practices of course would be to have up-to-date backups stored somewhere safe incase of failure <SPAN __jive_emoticon_name="happy" __jive_macro_name="emoticon" class="jive_macro jive_emote" src="https://community.cisco.com/4.5.4/images/emoticons/happy.gif"></SPAN>.</P><P></P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">Moving forward, I would like to know the file is so that when we return the equipment to the leasing company at the end of the lease so I would prefer not to have this info still on the SSM module when it goes back.</PRE><P>Your best bet for that would be to re-image the sensor module before returning the gear.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:21:32 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/recovering-the-config-from-a-failed-ssm-40/m-p/1780915#M64824 Dustin Ralich 2011-09-07T14:21:32Z