Resetting the configuration

Before you sell your FortiRecorder appliance, or if you are not sure what part of your configuration is causing a problem, you can reset it and its cameras to their default settings and erase data. (If you have not updated the firmware, this is the same as resetting to the factory default settings.)

Back up your configuration and export any important video recordings before beginning this procedure, if possible. It erases the configuration and data on the local storage of FortiRecorder. You cannot undo the operation, except by restoring the configuration. Data cannot be restored. See Backups.

Alternatively, you can reset the FortiRecorder's configuration to its factory default values for a specific software version by restoring the firmware during a reboot (a "clean install"). See Restoring firmware ("clean install").

To reset your cameras' configuration, connect to the CLI and enter these commands:

config camera devices

edit <camera_name>

set status disable

end

execute camera factoryreset <camera_name>

To securely delete your data from the FortiRecorder, enter these commands:

execute erase-filesystem

execute formatlogdisk

To reset the FortiRecorder's configuration, enter this command:

execute factoryreset

After the procedure, either you or the next owner must perform setup again. Resetting the configuration could include the IP addresses of network interfaces, so that person must re-connect to the CLI or GUI in order to perform setup. See Setup.