After every erasure, Blancco Virtual Machine Eraser and Blancco LUN Eraser both generate reports in XML format. These reports are stored locally on every ESXi server from where the erasures were initiated. When this happens, there is a specific XML file created for each erasure as well as a file called "all.xml" which automatically gathers all individual XML reports files into one. This all.xml file makes it very easy to manually move all reports from the ESXi host(s) to a computer which has an internet connection and then upload them to the Blancco Cloud or the Blancco Management Portal. This is quite common when companies use a standalone version of Blancco Virtual Machine Eraser and/or Blancco LUN Eraser for a specific project and limited amount of erasures.
To manually upload the erasure reports to the Blancco Cloud or Blancco Management Portal, follow these steps: