Sometimes it will be necessary to uninstall a third-party driver that has been installed on an ESXi host. This is a simple process; however, it does require the host to be rebooted. Allow me to guide you through this process.
- Place the host in Maintenance Mode
- Enable SSH service and connect to the host via SSH
- Find the name of the software you’re looking to remove. For this example, I used the Trend Micro Deep Security Filter Driver.
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esxcli software vib list
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- Run the following command to uninstall the VIB
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esxcli software vib remove --vibname=<name>
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- Reboot the host
- When the host is back up, list software again to ensure the VIB is not loaded
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esxcli software vib list
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Here’s a screenshot of the process:
