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Removing the PIX Device Manager (PDM) software from the PIX Firewall makes additional space available in Flash.
PDM is supported only on PIX Software versions 6.0.1 and later. The only way to remove the PDM from the PIX operating on code 6.x is to erase the Flash on the PIX by using the command write erase and reload the PIX OS and configuration using the command reload.
If the PIX has 7.0 code installed, you can issue the delete command to remove PDM from Flash, as shown:
Hostname# delete [/noconfirm] [/recursive] [disk0:|disk1:|flash:] filename
For example, on a PIX running on code 7.x and later, you can first determine the PDM installed on the PIX and then remove it by issuing the delete command, as shown:
Hostname(config)# show flash -#- --length-- -----date/time------ path 10 3184 Aug 03 2004 07:07:00 old_running.cfg 11 4787 Mar 04 2005 12:32:18 admin.cfg 12 1792 Jan 21 2005 07:29:24 Marketing.cfg 13 7765184 Mar 07 2005 19:38:30 asdmfile-old 14 1674 Nov 11 2004 02:47:52 pdm 15 5124096 Feb 20 2005 08:49:28 cdisk70102 pixfirewall(config)# delete flash:/pdm
For more information, refer to the delete command in the Cisco Security Appliance Command Reference Guide, Version 7.2.
