thin_restore(8) - Linux man page

Name

thin_restore - restore thin provisioning metadata file to device or

file

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 to another device or file. If restored to a metadata device, the metadata can be processed by the device-mapper target.
-i, --input {device|file}
Input file or device with metadata.
-o, --output {device|file}
Output file or device.
-h, --help
Print help and exit.
-V, --version
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_dump returns an exit code of 0 for success or 1 for error.

See Also

thin_dump(8) thin_check(8)

Author

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

Referenced By

lvconvert(8)