.TH THIN-PROVISIONING-TOOLS 8 "Thin Provisioning Tools" "Red Hat, Inc." \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
thin_restore \- restore thin provisioning metadata file to device or file

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B thin_restore [options] file {metadata device|file}

.SH DESCRIPTION
thin_restore restores thin provisioning metadata created by the
respective device-mapper target dumped into an XML formated (see
.B thin_dump(8)
) file, which optionally can be preproccessed to another device or file.
If restored to a metadata device, the metadata can be processed
by the device-mapper target.

.B thin_restore
  {-i|--input} {device|file}
  {-o|--output} {device|file}

.B thin_restore
  -h|--help

.B thin_dump
  {-V|--version}

.SH EXAMPLE
"thin_restore -i metadata -o /dev/vg/metadata"
restores the XML formatted thin provisioning metadata on file "metadata"
to logical volume /dev/vg/metadata for further processing by the
respective device-mapper target.

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

.SH SEE ALSO
.B thin_dump(8), thin_repair(8)

.SH AUTHOR
Heinz Mauelshagen <HeinzM@RedHat.com>