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man8/thin_dump.8

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+.TH THIN-PROVISIONING-TOOLS 8 "Thin Provisioning Tools" "Red Hat GmbH" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+thin_dump \- dump thin provisioning metadata from device or file to standard output
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B thin_dump [options] {metadata device|file}
+
+.SH 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 redable format.
+XML formated metadata can be fed into thin_restore (see
+.B thin_restore(8)
+) in order to put it back onto a metadata device (to process by
+the device-mapper target) or file.
+
+.B thin_dump
+  {-i|--input} {device|file}
+  [{-f|--format} {xml|human_readable}]
+
+.B thin_dump
+  {-h|--help}
+
+.B thin_dump
+  {-V|--version}
+
+.SH EXAMPLES
+"thin_dump -f human_redable -i /dev/vg/metadata"
+dumps the thin provisioning metadata on logical volume /dev/vg/metadata
+to standard output in human readable format.
+
+"thin_dump /dev/vg/metadata"
+dumps the thin provisioning metadata on logical volume /dev/vg/metadata
+to standard output in XML format.
+
+.SH DIAGNOSTICS
+thin_dump returns an exit code of 0 for success or 1 for error.
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.B thin_repair(8), thin_restore(8)
+
+.SH AUTHOR
+Heinz Mauelshagen <HeinzM@RedHat.com>

man8/thin_repair.8

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+.TH THIN-PROVISIONING-TOOLS 8 "Thin Provisioning Tools" "Red Hat GmbH" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+thin_repair \- repair thin provisioning metadata on device or file
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B thin_repair {metadata device|file}
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+thin_repair analyses and repairs thin provisioning metadata created by
+the device-mapper thin provisioning target on a device or file (see
+.B thin_dump(8)
+) on how to dump metadata to a file.
+
+.B thin_repair (device|file}
+
+.B thin_repair
+  {-h|--help}
+
+.B thin_dump
+  {-V|--version}
+
+.SH EXAMPLE
+"thin_repair /dev/vg/metadata"
+analyses and repairs thin provisioning metadata on logical volume
+/dev/vg/metadata. The device may not be actively used by the target
+when repairing!
+
+.SH DIAGNOSTICS
+thin_repair returns an exit code of 0 for success or 1 for error.
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.B thin_dump(8), thin_restore(8)
+
+.SH AUTHOR
+Heinz Mauelshagen <HeinzM@RedHat.com>

man8/thin_restore.8

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+.TH THIN-PROVISIONING-TOOLS 8 "Thin Provisioning Tools" "Red Hat GmbH" \" -*- nroff -*-
+.SH NAME
+thin_restore \- restore thin provisioning metadata file to device or file
+
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B thin_restore [options] file {metadata device|file}
+
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+thin_restore restores thin provisioning metadata created by the
+respective device-mapper target dumped into an XML formated (see
+.B thin_dump(8)
+) file, which optionally can be preproccessed to another device or file.
+If restored to a metadata device, the metadata can be processed
+by the device-mapper target.
+
+.B thin_restore
+  {-i|--input} {device|file}
+  {-o|--output} {device|file}
+
+.B thin_restore
+  -h|--help
+
+.B thin_dump
+  {-V|--version}
+
+.SH EXAMPLE
+"thin_restore -i metadata -o /dev/vg/metadata"
+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.
+
+.SH DIAGNOSTICS
+thin_dump returns an exit code of 0 for success or 1 for error.
+
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.B thin_dump(8), thin_repair(8)
+
+.SH AUTHOR
+Heinz Mauelshagen <HeinzM@RedHat.com>

thin-provisioning-tools.spec

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 %define _sbindir /usr/sbin
 %define _libdir /%{_lib}
 
-%configure --enable-testing
+%configure
 
 %install
 make install