Recovering the config from a failed SSM-40

[Ronald Nutter]

We had a SSM-40 fail last night (our 4th in the two years).  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.

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.

I have removed the CF card and put it in a reader on a linux workstation, I was able to see the file system.  Does anyone know of where to find the config file on the CF card ?  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  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.

I usually have a Lab ASA but not one that will handle the SSM-40.  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.

Thanks,

Ron

[Dustin Ralich]

Does anyone know of where to find the config file on the CF card?

Hi Ronald. This is not Cisco-supported, but the files you would be most interested in would probably be:

/usr/cids/idsRoot/etc/current.cfg

/usr/cids/idsRoot/etc/backup.cfg

Best practices of course would be to have up-to-date backups stored somewhere safe incase of failure .

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.

Your best bet for that would be to re-image the sensor module before returning the gear.