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.

       -q, --quiet
              Suppress output messages, return only exit code.

       -i, --input {device|file}
              Input file or device with metadata.

       -o, --output {device|file}
              Output file or device.

       -h, --help
              Print help and exit.

       -V, --version
              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>