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<p>William Lam&#039;s version of the Reset to factory settings script</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>=== factoryResetESXi.pl ===<br /> author: William Lam<br /> ==== Description ====<br /> Based on Mike&#039;s [[PowerCLI: Factory reset of ESXi]], William wrote a perl version of the script so you can reset your host to the factory defaults by running it.<br /> <br /> ==== Usage ====<br /> [vi-admin@scofield ~]$ ./factoryResetESXi.pl --server reflex.primp-industries.com --username primp --vihost kang.primp-industries.com<br /> Enter password:<br /> &quot;kang.primp-industries.com&quot; is entering maintenance mode ...<br /> &quot;kang.primp-industries.com&quot; has successfully entered maintenance mode!<br /> Removing &quot;kang.primp-industries.com&quot; from vCenter ...<br /> &quot;kang.primp-industries.com&quot; has successfully been remove from vCenter!<br /> Resetting factory settings on &quot;kang.primp-industries.com&quot;!<br /> <br /> ==== Location ====<br /> <br /> http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-10651<br /> <br /> [[Category: Perl]] [[Category: Host Management]]</div>

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