What should you always do after erasing the FortiAnalyzer configuration on flash?

Question

Options

• ARun the execute reboot command
• BRun the execute reset all-settings command
• CRun the execute format disk command
• DPerform a system backup

• A
  4% (1)
• C
  88% (23)
• D
  8% (2)

Explanation

After erasing the FortiAnalyzer configuration on flash, you must run execute format disk because the on-disk data (logs, databases, indexes) was structured to match the now-erased configuration - leaving the disk unformatted creates an inconsistent state that can cause errors or data corruption on startup. Option A (execute reboot) only restarts the device and does nothing to address the disk's stale state. Option B (execute reset all-settings) resets configuration parameters but is not the required follow-up step to a flash erase and does not touch disk data. Option D (system backup) should happen before destructive operations, not after - there is nothing meaningful left to back up once the configuration has been erased.

Memory tip: Think "flash + disk = full reset pair." Erasing flash clears the config, but FortiAnalyzer's logs and database live on the disk - you must format the disk to complete the clean slate. If you only do half, you get a mismatch.

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