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.TH THIN_DUMP 8 "Thin Provisioning Tools" "Red Hat, Inc." \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
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thin_dump \- dump thin provisioning metadata from device or file to standard output
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B thin_dump
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.RB [options]
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.I {metadata device|file}
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B thin_dump
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dumps thin provisioning metadata created by the device-mapper
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thin provisioning target on a device or file to standard output for
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analysis or postprocessing in either XML or human readable format.
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XML formated metadata can be fed into thin_restore (see
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.BR thin_restore(8) )
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in order to put it back onto a metadata device (to process by
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the device-mapper target) or file.
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.IP "\fB\-f, \-\-format\fP \fI{xml|human_readable}\fP".
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Print output in XML or human readable format.
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.IP "\fB\-r, \-\-repair\fP".
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.IP "\fB\-h, \-\-help\fP".
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Print help and exit.
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.IP "\fB\-V, \-\-version\fP".
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Output version information and exit.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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Dumps the thin provisioning metadata on logical volume /dev/vg/metadata
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to standard output in human readable format:
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.sp
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.B thin_dump -f human_redable /dev/vg/metadata
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Dumps the thin provisioning metadata on logical volume /dev/vg/metadata
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to standard output in XML format:
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.sp
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.B thin_dump /dev/vg/metadata
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.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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.B thin_dump
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returns an exit code of 0 for success or 1 for error.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.B thin_check(8)
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.B thin_restore(8)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
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.br
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Heinz Mauelshagen <HeinzM@RedHat.com>
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