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 {device|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.


       -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 for repaired binary metadata.  If  a  file
	      is  used	then it must be preallocated, and large enough to hold
	      the metadata.


       -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_meta-
       data_size(8)


AUTHOR
       Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
       Heinz Mauelshagen <HeinzM@RedHat.com>



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