3750 Stack Version Mismatch

[normanzhang]

I'm able to upgrade the master of a 3750 stack, but the member fails to upgrade.

Switch#  Role   Mac Address     Priority Version  State

----------------------------------------------------------

*1       Master e4d3.f1d5.2280     15     3       Ready              

2       Member e4d3.f1eb.bd80     14     3       Version Mismatch   

Switch Ports Model              SW Version            SW Image                

------ ----- -----              ----------            ----------              

*    1 30    WS-C3750X-24       15.0(2)SE2            C3750E-IPBASEK9-M       

     2 0     WS-C3750X-24       12.2(55)SE5           C3750E-UNIVERSALK9-M    

I turned off "boot auto-copy-sw" and did manual upgrade

copy tftp flash2:

boot system switch 2 flash:\c3750e-ipbasek9-mz.150-2.SE2.bin

wr mem

reload slot 2

and

archive copy-sw /destination-system 2 1

there's no effect. The log has the following line

%IMAGEMGR-6-AUTO_ADVISE_SW: Unable to delete temp dir "flash:update"

I couldn't do rmdir flash:update unless I reload chassis... but even after reloading still cannot make the 2nd member to load with the newer IOS. Any ideas?

[Leo Laohoo]

I couldn't do rmdir flash:update

Yes you can.

Command:  delete /f /r flash:update

[normanzhang]

I'm only able to delete flash:update after reloading master. Still I'm not able to load the other member with latest IOS eventhough it's sitting in flash: flash1: flash2:

[Leo Laohoo]

Don't toy with the Master.

Console into the Slave so you can upgrade the IOS to the same level as the Master.