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.TH THIN_RESTORE 8 "Thin Provisioning Tools" "Red Hat, Inc." \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
thin_restore \- restore thin provisioning metadata file to device or file
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B thin_restore
.RB [ options ]
.RB -i
.I {device|file}
.RB -o
.I {device|file}
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B thin_restore
restores thin provisioning metadata created by the
respective device-mapper target dumped into an XML formatted (see
.BR thin_dump(8) )
file, which optionally can be preprocessed to another device or file.
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If restored to a metadata device, the metadata can be processed
by the device-mapper target.
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.IP "\fB\-i, \-\-input\fP \fI{device|file}\fP"
Input file or device with metadata.
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.IP "\fB\-o, \-\-output\fP \fI{device|file}\fP"
Output file or device.
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.IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP"
Print help and exit.
.IP "\fB\-V, \-\-version\fP"
Output version information and exit.
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.SH EXAMPLE
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Restores the XML formatted thin provisioning metadata on file
.B metadata
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to logical volume /dev/vg/metadata for further processing by the
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respective device-mapper target:
.sp
.B thin_restore -i metadata -o /dev/vg/metadata
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.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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.B thin_dump
returns an exit code of 0 for success or 1 for error.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.B thin_dump(8)
.B thin_check(8)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
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.br
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Heinz Mauelshagen <HeinzM@RedHat.com>