SYNOPSIS
thin_restore [options] -i {device|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.
- -q, --quiet
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Suppress output messages, return only exit code.
- -i, --input {device|file}
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Input file or device with metadata.
- -o, --output {device|file}
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Output file or device.
- -h, --help
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Print help and exit.
- -V, --version
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Output version information and exit.
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.