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Removing third-party drivers from ESXi

James Green · Sep 20, 2013 ·

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.

  1. Place the host in Maintenance Mode
  2. Enable SSH service and connect to the host via SSH
  3. Find the name of the software you’re looking to remove. For this example, I used the Trend Micro Deep Security Filter Driver.
    1. esxcli software vib list
  4. Run the following command to uninstall the VIB
    1. esxcli software vib remove --vibname=<name>
  5. Reboot the host
  6. When the host is back up, list software again to ensure the VIB is not loaded
    1. esxcli software vib list

Here’s a screenshot of the process:

VMware drivers, esxcli, VIB

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