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ppatel
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Article Id 195071
Description
The management VDOM is set to root by default, this article explains how it can be changed.

Solution
The current setting of the management VDOM can be seen using:
#config global
#show full system global | grep management-vdom

To change the management VDOM from Root VDOM to an already created test VDOM via GUI

Select Global VDOM >System > VDOM > Select VDOM from the List > Click Switch Management [root]

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On the 'Are you sure you want to switch management virtual domain to:test?' pop-up select OK.

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The management VDOM can now be seen to have changed to test.

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Change Management VDOM from Root VDOM to already created test VDOM via CLI

FGT # config global
FGT (global) # config system global
FGT (global) # set management-vdom test
FGT (global) #end
FGT (global) #end

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