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THIN_RESTORE(8) System Manager's Manual THIN_RESTORE(8)

NAME

thin_restore - restore thin provisioning metadata file to device or file

SYNOPSIS

thin_restore [options] -i {device|file} -o {device|file}

DESCRIPTION

thin_restore restores thin provisioning metadata created by the respective device-mapper target dumped into an XML formatted (see thin_dump(8)) file , which optionally can be preprocessed before the restore to another device or file. If restored to a metadata device , the metadata can be processed by the device-mapper target.

This tool cannot be run on live metadata.

Suppress output messages, return only exit code.

Input file or device with metadata.

Output file or device.

Print help and exit.

Output version information and exit.

EXAMPLE

Restores the XML formatted thin provisioning metadata on file metadata to logical volume /dev/vg/metadata for further processing by the respective device-mapper target:

thin_restore -i metadata -o /dev/vg/metadata

DIAGNOSTICS

thin_restore returns an exit code of 0 for success or 1 for error.

SEE ALSO

thin_dump(8) thin_check(8) thin_repair(8) thin_rmap(8) thin_metadata_size(8)

AUTHOR

Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Heinz Mauelshagen <HeinzM@RedHat.com>

Thin Provisioning Tools Red Hat, Inc.