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.TH THIN_DUMP 8 "Thin Provisioning Tools" "Red Hat, Inc." \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
thin_dump \- dump thin provisioning metadata from device or file to standard output
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B thin_dump [options] {metadata device|file}
.SH DESCRIPTION
thin_dump dumps thin provisioning metadata created by the device-mapper
thin provisioning target on a device or file to standard output for
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analysis or postprocessing in either XML or human readable format.
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XML formated metadata can be fed into thin_restore (see
.B thin_restore(8)
) in order to put it back onto a metadata device (to process by
the device-mapper target) or file.
.B thin_dump
{-i|--input} {device|file}
[{-f|--format} {xml|human_readable}]
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.B thin_dump
{-r|--repair}
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.B thin_dump
{-h|--help}
.B thin_dump
{-V|--version}
.SH EXAMPLES
"thin_dump -f human_redable -i /dev/vg/metadata"
dumps the thin provisioning metadata on logical volume /dev/vg/metadata
to standard output in human readable format.
"thin_dump /dev/vg/metadata"
dumps the thin provisioning metadata on logical volume /dev/vg/metadata
to standard output in XML format.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
thin_dump returns an exit code of 0 for success or 1 for error.
.SH SEE ALSO
.B thin_repair(8), thin_restore(8)
.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>