thin_restore - restore thin provisioning metadata file to device or file.

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

System Manager's Manual                        Device Mapper Tools                               thin_restore(8)

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.

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

       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

thin_restore - restore thin provisioning metadata file to device or file.

-h,--help
              Print help and exit.

       -V,--version
              Print version information and exit.

       -q,--quiet
              Suppress output messages, return only exit code.

       -i,--input{xmlfile}
              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.

thin_dump(8), thin_check(8), thin_repair(8), thin_rmap(8), thin_metadata_size(8)

thin_restore [options] -i {xml file} -o {device|file}