IDSM2 Failed to initialize hard disk, on IDSM2 during reimagine.

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I try to reimagine application partition.

During procedure i have an error:

Available hard disk space is not sufficient for the IDS upgrade.

Failed to initialize hard disk.ERROR: Application installation has failed. View the upgrade log for details.

Here is the ouput from the upgrade log:

Proceeding with image upgrade.

Fri Aug 11 14:58:02 2006 : argv1 = 0, argv2 = 0, argv3 = 3, argv4 = 1

Fri Aug 11 14:58:02 2006 : Creating IDS application image file...

Fri Aug 11 14:58:02 2006 : footer: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Fri Aug 11 14:58:02 2006 : exeoff: 0000000000032251

Fri Aug 11 14:58:02 2006 : image: 0000000066616416

Fri Aug 11 14:58:02 2006 : T: 66616464, E: 32251, I: 66616416

Fri Aug 11 14:58:02 2006 : partition: /dev/hdc1

Fri Aug 11 14:58:02 2006 : startIDSAppUpgrade:Image: /tmp/cdisk.gz

Fri Aug 11 14:58:02 2006 : startIDSAppUpgrade:Device: /dev/hdc1

Fri Aug 11 14:58:02 2006 : startIDSAppUpgrade:Install type: 1

Fri Aug 11 14:58:02 2006 : Initializing the hard disk...

Fri Aug 11 14:58:03 2006 : Device '/dev/hdc' is too small for IDS.

Fri Aug 11 14:58:03 2006 : Available hard disk space is not sufficient for the

IDS upgrade.

Fri Aug 11 14:58:03 2006 : Failed to initialize hard disk.

Fri Aug 11 14:58:03 2006 : Upgrade failed.

Does someone know how i can solve this and can help me. ?

[jamesand · Accepted solution]

Sometimes the IDMS2 hard disk failure is transient (disk heads may get out of sync due to prolonged periods of use without spindown). If this is the case then you can pull the blade from the chassis (only way to actually power off the hard disk), wait 30 minutes, and then reseat the blade and try again. If this does not help then the hard disk has permanent damage so you will need to contact Cisco TAC and have them RMA the blade.