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Description of problem: the volume data should be erased, but can not change its format. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): libvirt-0.9.4-6.el6.x86_64 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: # qemu-img info /var/lib/libvirt/images/rhel6.img image: /var/lib/libvirt/images/rhel6.img file format: qcow2 virtual size: 512K (524288 bytes) disk size: 392K cluster_size: 65536 # virsh vol-wipe rhel6.img --pool default Vol rhel6.img wiped # qemu-img info /var/lib/libvirt/images/rhel6.img image: /var/lib/libvirt/images/rhel6.img file format: raw virtual size: 512K (524288 bytes) disk size: 0 Actual results: Be changed from qcow2 to raw format after volume wiped. Expected results: Should be kept qcow2 format after volume wiped. Additional info:
Since wiping the volume destroys all the data in it, the volume is raw because the qcow metadata has been removed. This is behavior by design, so I am closing as NOTABUG.
Should virsh vol-wipe add a new flag that wipes the contents, but then restores enough qcow2 metadata that the file is back to a blank qcow2 volume?
Not a bad RFE, but nobody's clamoring for it.
Eric, Thanks for your inputs! QE requests this feature support, so re-open this BZ to ASSIGNED.
IMHO this is a bug, not an RFE. Wiping a volume should only be wiping the data, not the file format info. The problem is that the current code is not paying attention to the file format when wiping data, it just blindly truncates the file to zero bytes. For non-raw formats, we should run 'qemu-img create' again after truncation to ensure the original file format structure is preserved.