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Article Id 230982
Description This article describes how to proceed a factory reset with an enabled VDOM.
Scope FortiGate
Solution

When a VDOM is enabled, it is not possible to proceed a factory reset  without going to global mode without facing the below issue:

 

Fortigate # execute factoryreset
8497: Unknown action 0
Command fail. Return code -1

 

Go to global mode and run the command '# execute factoryreset'

 

Below is the sample output:

 

Fortigate # config global

Fortigate (global) # execute factoryreset
This operation will reset the system to factory default!
Do you want to continue? (y/n)y


System is resetting to factory default...


The system is going down NOW !!

Fortigate (global) #
Please stand by while rebooting the system.
Restarting system.

System is starting...
Serial number is FGVMxxxxxxx


FortiGate-VM64-KVM login:

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