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44 lines
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Groff
.TH THIN-PROVISIONING-TOOLS 8 "Thin Provisioning Tools" "Red Hat GmbH" \" -*- 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 [options] {metadata device|file}
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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thin_dump 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 redable format.
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XML formated metadata can be fed into thin_restore (see
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.B 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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.B thin_dump
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{-i|--input} {device|file}
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[{-f|--format} {xml|human_readable}]
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.B thin_dump
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{-h|--help}
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.B thin_dump
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{-V|--version}
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.SH EXAMPLES
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"thin_dump -f human_redable -i /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 human readable format.
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"thin_dump /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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.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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thin_dump 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_repair(8), thin_restore(8)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Heinz Mauelshagen <HeinzM@RedHat.com>
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