thin_dump(8) - Linux man page

Name

thin_dump - dump thin provisioning metadata from device or file to standard

output

Synopsis

thin_dump [options] {metadata device|file}

Description

thin_dump dumps thin provisioning metadata created by the device-mapper thin provisioning target on a device or file to standard output for analysis or postprocessing in either XML or human readable format. XML formated metadata can be fed into thin_restore (see thin_restore(8)) in order to put it back onto a metadata device (to process by the device-mapper target) or file.
-f, --format {xml|human_readable}
Print output in XML or human readable format.
-r, --repair
-h, --help
Print help and exit.
-V, --version
Output version information and exit.

Examples

Dumps the thin provisioning metadata on logical volume /dev/vg/metadata to standard output in human readable format:

thin_dump -f human_redable

/dev/vg/metadata

Dumps the thin provisioning metadata on logical volume /dev/vg/metadata to standard output in XML format:

thin_dump /dev/vg/metadata

Diagnostics

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

See Also

thin_check(8) thin_restore(8)

Author

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

Referenced By

lvconvert(8)