.TH THIN_DUMP 8 "Thin Provisioning Tools" "Red Hat, Inc." \" -*- nroff -*-
.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
analysis or postprocessing in either XML or human readable format.
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}]

.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
Joe Thornber <ethornbe@redhat.com>
.br
Heinz Mauelshagen <HeinzM@RedHat.com>