thin-provisioning-tools/man8/thin_restore.8
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.TH THIN-PROVISIONING-TOOLS 8 "Thin Provisioning Tools" "Red Hat GmbH" \" -*- 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>