NAME
  era_restore - restore era metadata file to device or file.

SYNOPSIS
  era_restore [options] -i {xml file} -o {device|file}

DESCRIPTION
  era_restore restores era metadata created by the respective device-mapper
  target dumped into an XML formatted (see .BR era_dump(8)) file, which
  optionally can be preprocessed before the restore to another device or
  file.  If restored to a metadata device, the metadata can be processed by
  the device-mapper target.

  This tool cannot be run on live metadata.

OPTIONS
  -h, --help	Print help and exit.
  -V, --version	Print version information and exit.
  -q, --quiet	Don't print any output.  Check the exit code to test for success.
  -i, --input {xml file}	Specify input file containing xml metadata.
  -o, --output {device|file}	Output device or file for restored binary metadata.

    If a file is used, then it must be preallocated, and large enough to hold
    the metadata.

EXAMPLE
  Restores the XML formatted era metadata on file metadata to logical volume
  /dev/vg/metadata for further processing by the respective device-mapper
  target:

    $ era_restore -i metadata -o /dev/vg/metadata

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

SEE ALSO
  era_dump(8), era_check(8)

AUTHOR
  Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>, Heinz Mauelshagen <HeinzM@RedHat.com>