thin_restore(8)

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.

--transaction-id {natural}
    Override the transaction id given in the input xml.

--data-block-size {natural}
    Override the data block size given in the input xml.

--nr-data-blocks {natural}
    Override the nr data blocks given in the input xml.

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>