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thin_restore(8)             System Manager's Manual            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 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.
       --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_meta-
       data_size(8)
AUTHOR
       Joe Thornber <ejt AT redhat.com>, Heinz Mauelshagen <HeinzM AT RedHat.com>
System Manager's Manual       Device Mapper Tools              thin_restore(8)