Problem updating signature updates in IDS 4215

talha_490 — Sun, 10 Mar 2019 10:24:37 GMT

Problem upgrading the signatures of IDS 4215

I have to upgrade the signature file of ids 4215. The latest signature update version is IDS-sig-4.1-5-S252. To upgrade the signature file I install the service pack IDS-K9-sp-4.1-5-S189. The service pack was installed properly but while updating the signatures it is giving the following error

Error: Cannot communicate with mainApp (getVersion). Please contact your system

Administrator.

Would you like to run cidDump? [No]:

Procedure Followed

I installed a ftp server in the network and put the signature update file there. I then issued the command

upgrade ftp://administrator@191.10.50.31/5Dp--5-S2s52.ir

Pmg.pk-g4.1-5-S252.rpm.pkg

After that it gave me the above error

Question

How can I recover the image while recovery partition is already there?

The snapshot of the procedure that I followed is given below

Password:

***NOTICE***

This product contains cryptographic features and is subject to United States

and local country laws governing import, export, transfer and use. Delivery

of Cisco cryptographic products does not imply third-party authority to import,

export, distribute or use encryption.

http://www.cisco.com/wwl/export/crypto

If you require further assistance please contact us by sending email to

export@cisco.com.

customer-ids4215#

customer-ids4215# sh ver

customer-ids4215# sh version

Application Partition:

Cisco Systems Intrusion Detection Sensor, Version 4.1(5)S189

OS Version 2.4.26-IDS-smp-bigphys

Platform: IDS-4215

Using 424386560 out of 460161024 bytes of available memory (92% usage)

Using 4.4G out of 17G bytes of available disk space (27% usage)

MainApp 2005_Sep_01_21.30 (Release) 2005-09-01T21:30:35-0500 R

unning

AnalysisEngine 2005_Sep_01_21.30 (Release) 2005-09-01T21:30:35-0500 R

unning

Authentication 2005_Sep_01_21.30 (Release) 2005-09-01T21:30:35-0500 R

unning

Logger 2005_Sep_01_21.30 (Release) 2005-09-01T21:30:35-0500 R

unning

NetworkAccess 2005_Sep_01_21.30 (Release) 2005-09-01T21:30:35-0500 R

unning

TransactionSource 2005_Sep_01_21.30 (Release) 2005-09-01T21:30:35-0500 R

unning

WebServer 2005_Sep_01_21.30 (Release) 2005-09-01T21:30:35-0500 R

unning

CLI 2005_Aug_02_10.53 (Release) 2005-08-02T10:25:35-0500

Upgrade History:

* IDS-sig-4.1-4-S119 17:29:28 UTC Sat Oct 16 2004

IDS-K9-sp-4.1-5-S189.rpm.pkg 09:28:03 UTC Wed Dec 27 2006

Recovery Partition Version 2.4 - 4.1(4)S91

customer-ids4215#

customer-ids4215# conf t

customer-ids4215(config)#

customer-ids4215(config)# upgrade

<source-url> Location of upgrade

customer-ids4215(config)# upgrade ftp://administrator@191.10.50.31/5Dp--5-S2s52.ir

pmg.pk-g4.1-5-S252.rpm.pkg

Password:

Warning: Executing this command will apply a signature update to the application

partition.

Continue with upgrade? : yes

Broadcast message from root (Sun Jan 7 14:46:24 2007):

Applying update IDS-sig-4.1-5-S252. This may take several minutes.

Please do not reboot the sensor during this update.

Password:

***NOTICE***

This product contains cryptographic features and is subject to United States

and local country laws governing import, export, transfer and use.http://www.cisco.com/wwl/export/crypto

If you require further assistance please contact us by sending email to

export@cisco.com.

Error: Cannot communicate with mainApp (getVersion). Please contact your system

administrator.

Would you like to run cidDump?[no]:

Connection to host lost.

C:\>

Re: Problem updating signature updates in IDS 4215

chickman — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:37:51 GMT

Just so you know, you will need to update your IPS from 4.1-5 to 5.0-1 to get signatures up to 217. To get a signature beyond 217, you'll need to upgrade to 5.0-5. This isn't that lengthy of a process, but it is required if you want to go beyond 217. Also, 252 is an older signature, 265 is been out now for a few. Just an idea of how fast these signatures update. Shoot a reply back if you don't know how to upgrade.

Re: Problem updating signature updates in IDS 4215

attmidsteam — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:53:52 GMT

Also note that 4.x has been discontinued for signature support (officially) and that you'll move to a license model for signature updates ($$) in the 5.x code. Just be aware you'll need to get another license after you upgrade.

FYI, the latest 5.x code is 5.1(4) with S265.

Re: Problem updating signature updates in IDS 4215

jwalker — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:24:04 GMT

Run the ciddump and dump to display... After it goes through its process, you should be good to go.

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