Processing Report

Processing Report section allows to configure the XML reports generated by KillDisk after operation is complete.

Report location

Configure where XML erasure reports will be stored. You can use mapped network resource as a storage target.

File name template
Define a template for the file name for the reports. The main tags available are:
Available element: Tag:
Serial ID {Serial ID}
Erasure Status {Status}
Date of Erasure {Date(YYYY-MM-DD)}
Time of Erasure {Time(HH-mm-ss)}

More tags are available, see the tags section in Appendix.

Include company information

Adds the company information (defined in Company Information) into the XML erasure report.

Include technician information

Adds the technician information (defined in Technician Information) into the XML erasure report.

Include system info

Ensures that the system-specific information is saved in the XML report, such as:

  • Operating system
  • Kernel version
  • Architecture (x86, x64)
Include hardware info

Ensures that the system-specific information is saved in the XML report, such as:

  • Motherboard manufacturer
  • Motherboard description
  • Host (name, domain)
  • CPU (logical, physical)
  • Memory
Include SMART information for each disk

Adds the information about disk health based on S.M.A.R.T. attributes into the XML erasure report.

The KillDisk XML report contains the following parts:

Type of Information Specific data
Technician Information Name
Note
Company Information Name
Licensed
Location
Phone
Disclaimer
System Information OS version
Platform
Kernel
Hardware Information Motherboard Manufacturer
Motherboard Description
Number of Processors
Erase Attributes Erase Verify
Passes
Method
Verification Passes
Error Handling Attributes Errors Terminate
Skip interval
Number of Retries
Lock
Source?
Ignore Write?
Read?
Lock?
Disks Device Size
Device Type
Serial Number
Revision
Product Number
Name
Geometric Information
Partitioning Scheme
Additional Report Attributes Fingerprint Information
Initialize disk?
Results Bay
Time and Date Started
Disk Information
Status
Result
Time Elapsed
Errors
Name of operation
Conclusion Overall result of the operation
Note:

If internal tag <task> is present, Results are appeared inside.