thin_restore(8)thin_restore(8)NAMEthin_restore - restore thin provisioning metadata file to device or
file.
SYNOPSISthin_restore [options] -i {xml file} -o {device|file}
DESCRIPTIONthin_restore restores thin provisioning metadata created by the respec‐
tive 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
DIAGNOSTICSthin_restore returns an exit code of 0 for success or 1 for error.
SEE ALSOthin_dump(8), thin_check(8), thin_repair(8), thin_rmap(8), thin_meta‐
data_size(8)AUTHOR
Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>, Heinz Mauelshagen <HeinzM@RedHat.com>
System Manager's Manual Device Mapper Tools thin_restore(8)
