xenial (8) thin_restore.8.gz

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>