3750 IOS image upgrade

[Wassim Aouadi]

Hi,

I don't have enough space on flash memory to copy new IOS into. Do I have to delete current IOS and copy new one, without rebooting?

I'm going to upload the new IOS through LMS Software Distribution feature (see attached file).

TNSWACCS02A2>sh vers

Cisco IOS Software, C3750 Software (C3750-IPBASEK9-M), Version 12.2(50)SE4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport

Copyright (c) 1986-2010 by Cisco Systems, Inc.

Compiled Fri 26-Mar-10 06:38 by prod_rel_team

Image text-base: 0x01000000, data-base: 0x02900000

ROM: Bootstrap program is C3750 boot loader

BOOTLDR: C3750 Boot Loader (C3750-HBOOT-M) Version 12.2(50r)SE, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

TNSWACCS02A2 uptime is 6 hours, 26 minutes

System returned to ROM by power-on

System image file is "flash:/c3750-ipbasek9-mz.122-50.SE4.bin"

TNSWACCS02A2#dir flash:

Directory of flash:/

    2  -rwx        1584   Mar 1 1993 00:01:16 +00:00  vlan.dat

    4  -rwx    10293929  Mar 12 1993 12:35:05 +00:00  c3750-ipbasek9-mz.122-50.SE4.bin

  429  -rwx        6168   Mar 1 1993 00:01:18 +00:00  multiple-fs

    5  -rwx       56706   Mar 1 1993 19:19:02 +00:00  config.text

    6  drwx         512   Mar 1 1993 05:32:08 +00:00  c3750-ipbase-mz.122-50.SE1

  428  -rwx        3546   Mar 1 1993 19:19:04 +00:00  private-config.text

27998208 bytes total (14553088 bytes free)

TNSWACCS02A2#

[smogra]

Hi,

Check for the memory requirements of the new image on the cisco site and if it is more than the free space, then you need to delete the old image.

After deleting, copy the new image and set the boot variable to the new one and then do a reload.

If your switches are stacked, ensure that each of them has a copy of new image on their flash before settin the boot var.

Refer to this link also:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps5023/products_configuration_example09186a00804799d7.shtml

Hope that helps.

Sweta

P.S. Please rate the answer if it helped you.

[glen.grant · Accepted solution]

   You have 2 images in flash , get rid of the one in the directory, do a "del /force /recursive flash:c3750-ipbase-mz.122-50.SE1" .  This will get rid of that directory and the unneeded image inside and should give you enough room for your new image.

[Wassim Aouadi]

I did a delete /force/recursive and I got 3 extra MB of free space. Thanks