upgrade 9500

[mahdi.makkawi]

Hi 

I want to upgrade the Cisco 9500 from 16.6.3 to 16.8.1 and after entering the command ( install activate file flash:16.8.1 it's showing 

Field to activate, packages.conf.02-  is the rollback file

[Leo Laohoo]

So what is the question?

[mahdi.makkawi]

I need a solution to upgrade to 16.8.1 and I want to know why this error is showing every time? 

[Leo Laohoo]

Did you actually read the Release Notes before running the install command?

[mahdi.makkawi]

I need to know the steps to avoid this error so I can upgrade?

[balaji.bandi]

packages.conf.02  did you manually move any packages.conf file ?

can  you post dir output.

in general  here is the steps for upgrade :

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst9500/software/release/16-8/release_notes/ol-16-8-9500.html#task_p1k_2ns_ddb

[Scott Hodgdon]

 mahdi makkawi,

I would strongly recommend that you look at the latest 16.9.x release as this will have the same features as 16.8.1 and it is a long-lived release. 16.8.1 has already passed the End of Software Maintenance : https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/routers/asr-1000-series-aggregation-services-routers/eos-eol-notice-c51-740983.html (yes that says routers, but this is the link you get to from the Catalyst 950o End of Sale page as well).

To get an understanding of the different timelines associated with the different IOS XE 16 release, see https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/ios-nx-os-software/ios-xe-16/bulletin-c25-741178.html .

One you have chose your release, please follow the upgrade procedures outline in the Release Notes for that release.

Cheers,

Scott Hodgdon

Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

Enterprise Networking Group