update man pages to forbid running on live metadata

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Joe Thornber
2015-08-13 13:39:20 +01:00
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@@ -24,13 +24,15 @@ in order to put it back onto a metadata
(to process by the device-mapper target) or
.I file.
This tool cannot be run on live metadata unless the \fB\-\-metadata\-snap\fP option is used.
.IP "\fB\-f, \-\-format\fP \fI{xml|human_readable}\fP".
Print output in XML or human readable format.
.IP "\fB\-r, \-\-repair\fP".
Repair the metadata whilst dumping it.
.IP "\fB\-m, \-\-metadata_snap\fP [block#]".
.IP "\fB\-m, \-\-metadata\-snap\fP [block#]".
Dump metadata snapshot created by device-mapper thin provisioning target.
If block is not provided, access the default metadata snapshot created by
the thin provisioning device-mapper target, else try the one at block#.