NAME

       thin_restore - restore thin provisioning metadata file to device or file.

SYNOPSIS

       thin_restore [options] -i {xml 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.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Print help and exit.

       -V, --version
              Print version information and exit.

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

       -i, --input {xml file}
              Input file containing XML metadata.

       -o, --output {device|file}
              Output file or device for restored binary metadata.

           If a file is used for output, then it must be preallocated, and large
           enough to hold the metadata.

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>