thin-provisioning-tools/man8/thin_check.8

.TH THIN_REPAIR 8 "Thin Provisioning Tools" "Red Hat, Inc." \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
thin_check \- repair thin provisioning metadata on device or file

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B thin_check
.RB [ options ]
.I {device|file}

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B thin_check
checks thin provisioning metadata created by
the device-mapper thin provisioning target on a
.I device
or
.I file.
See
.B thin_dump(8)
how to dump metadata to a file.
A future release will be able to fix faulty metadata.

.SH OPTIONS
.IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP" 
Print help and exit.

.IP "\fB\-V, \-\-version\fP" 
Output version information and exit.

.SH EXAMPLE
Analyses and repairs thin provisioning metadata on logical volume
/dev/vg/metadata:
.sp
.B thin_repair /dev/vg/metadata

The device may not be actively used by the target
when repairing!

.SH DIAGNOSTICS
.B thin_check
returns an exit code of 0 for success or 1 for error.

.SH SEE ALSO
.B thin_dump(8)
.B thin_restore(8)

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