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Subject: Re: [libvirt-users] vol-wipe and delete
From: Eric Blake <eblake () redhat ! com>
Date: 2012-04-11 14:49:45
Message-ID: 4F859A09.6060708 () redhat ! com
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On 04/10/2012 06:20 PM, Shawn Davis wrote:
> Hello all,
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> I know libvirt has the following two commands:
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> vol-wipe
calls virStorageVolWipe or virStorageVolWipePattern (depending on
arguments), which overwrites the existing data with all 0 or with a
specific pattern. The file stays intact, but future uses of the file
will no longer see the data that had been there previously.
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> vol-delete
calls virStorageVolDelete, which removes the file but does not wipe it
(so the data is still present on the backing storage device).
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> Can someone please explain to me how these function? Do these only remove
> previous session data so that a new virtual instance cannot see it or does
> it remove it at the physical level level too so that the data cannot be
> found anywhere on the physical drive?
If you want the data removed at the physical layer, use vol-wipe.
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Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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