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

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B thin_repair {device|file}

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

.B thin_repair (device|file}

.B thin_repair
  {-h|--help}

.B thin_dump
  {-V|--version}

.SH EXAMPLE
"thin_repair /dev/vg/metadata"
analyses and repairs thin provisioning metadata on logical volume
/dev/vg/metadata. The device may not be actively used by the target
when repairing!

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

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

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