thin_repair - repair thin provisioning binary metadata.
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Description
thin_repair reads binary thin provisioning metadata created by the respective device-mapper target from
one device or file, repairs it and writes it to different device or file. If written to a metadata
device, the metadata can be processed by the device-mapper target.
This tool cannot be run on live metadata.
Diagnostics
thin_repair returns an exit code of 0 for success or 1 for error.
Example
Reads the binary thin provisioning metadata from file metadata, repairs it and writes it to logical
volume /dev/vg/metadata for further processing by the respective device-mapper target:
$ thin_repair -i metadata -o /dev/vg/metadata
Name
thin_repair - repair thin provisioning binary metadata.
Options
-h,--help
Print help and exit.
-V,--version
Print version information and exit.
-i,--input{device|file}
Input file or device with binary data.
-o,--output{device|file}
Output file or device for binary data.
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.
See Also
thin_dump(8), thin_check(8), thin_restore(8), thin_rmap(8), thin_metadata_size(8)
Synopsis
thin_repair [options] -i {device|file} -o {device|file}
