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.

  --transaction-id {natural}	Override the transaction id given in the input xml.
  --data-block-size {natural}	Override the data block size given in the input xml.
  --nr-data-blocks {natural}    Override the nr data blocks given in the input xml.

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>
