Recovering The Application Partition; Application Partition; Using The Recover Command - Cisco IPS-4255-K9 - Intrusion Protection Sys 4255 Installation Manual

Recovering the Application Partition

Recovering the Application Partition
This section explains how to recover the application partition, and contains the following topics:
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Application Partition

You can recover the application partition image for the sensor if it becomes unusable. Some network
configuration information is retained when you use this method, which lets you have network access
after the recovery is performed.
Use the recover application-partition command to boot to the recovery partition, which automatically
recovers the application partition on your sensor.
If you have upgraded your recovery partition to the most recent version before you recover the
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application partition image, you can install the most up-to-date software image.
Because you can execute the recover application-partition command through a Telnet or SSH
connection, we recommend using this command to recover sensors that are installed at remote locations.
Note When you reconnect to the sensor after recovery, you must log in with the default username and
password cisco.
For More Information
For the procedure for upgrading the recovery partition to the most recent version, see
Recovery Partition, page 12-5.

Using the recover Command

To upgrade the recovery partition the sensor must already be running IPS 7.0(1).
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To recover the application partition image, follow these steps:
Download the recovery partition image file (IPS-K9-r-1.1-a-7.0-1-E3.pkg) to an FTP, HTTP, or HTTPS
Step 1
server that is accessible from your sensor.
Step 2 Log in to the CLI using an account with administrator privileges.
Enter configuration mode.
Step 3
sensor# configure terminal
Recover the application partition image.
Step 4
sensor(config)# recover application-partition
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Appliance and Module Installation Guide for IPS 7.0
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Application Partition, page 12-12
Using the recover Command, page 12-12
Chapter 12 Upgrading, Downgrading, and Installing System Images
Upgrading the
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