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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.

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>

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