NAME
  thin_restore - restore thin provisioning metadata file to device or file.

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

DESCRIPTION
  thin_restore restores thin provisioning metadata created by the respective
  device-mapper target dumped into an XML formatted (see thin_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	Suppress output messages, return only exit code.
  -i, --input {xml file}	Input file containing XML metadata.
  -o, --output {device|file}	Output file or device for restored binary metadata.

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

EXAMPLE

  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:

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

DIAGNOSTICS

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

SEE ALSO
  thin_dump(8), thin_check(8), thin_repair(8), thin_rmap(8), thin_metadata_size(8)

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