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.TH "MFSMETARESTORE" "8" "06/17/2017" "\ \&" "\ \&"
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.SH "NAME"
mfsmetarestore \- replay LizardFS metadata change logs or dump LizardFS metadata image
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBmfsmetarestore\fR [\fB\-z\fR] \fB\-m\fR \fIOLDMETADATAFILE\fR \fB\-o\fR \fINEWMETADATAFILE\fR [\fICHANGELOGFILE\fR\&...]
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\fBmfsmetarestore\fR \fB\-m\fR \fIMETADATAFILE\fR
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\fBmfsmetarestore\fR [\fB\-z\fR] \fB\-a\fR [\fB\-d\fR \fIDIRECTORY\fR]
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\fBmfsmetarestore\fR \fB\-g\fR \fB\-d\fR \fIDIRECTORY\fR
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\fBmfsmetarestore \-v\fR
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\fBmfsmetarestore \-?\fR
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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When \fBmfsmetarestore\fR is called with both \fB\-m\fR and \fB\-o\fR options, it replays given \fICHANGELOGFILEs\fR on \fIOLDMETADATAFILE\fR and writes result to \fINEWMETADATAFILE\fR\&. Multiple change log files can be given\&.
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\fBmfsmetarestore\fR with just \fB\-m\fR \fIMETADATAFILE\fR option dumps LizardFS metadata image file in human readable form\&.
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\fBmfsmetarestore\fR called with \-a option automatically performs all operations needed to merge change log files\&. Master data directory can be specified using \-d \fIDIRECTORY\fR option\&.
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\fBmfsmetarestore\fR \-g with path to metadata files, prints latest metadata version that can be restored from disk\&. Prints 0 if metadata files are corrupted\&.
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\fB\-v\fR
.RS 4
print version information and exit
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\fB\-?\fR
.RS 4
print version information and exit
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\fB\-a\fR
.RS 4
autorestore mode (see above)
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\fB\-d\fR \fIDATAPATH\fR
.RS 4
master data directory (for autorestore mode)
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\fB\-m\fR \fIMETADATAFILE\fR
.RS 4
specify input metadata image file
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\fB\-o\fR \fINEWMETADATAFILE\fR
.RS 4
specify output metadata image file
.RE
.PP
\fB\-z\fR
.RS 4
ignore metadata checksum inconsistency while applying changelogs
.RE
.SH "FILES"
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\fBmetadata\&.mfs\fR
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Lizard File System metadata image as read by
\fBmfsmaster\fR
process
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\fBmetadata\&.mfs\&.back\fR
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Lizard File System metadata image as left by killed or crashed
\fBmfsmaster\fR
process
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.PP
\fBchangelog\&.\fR*\fB\&.mfs\fR
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Lizard File System metadata change logs
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.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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Report bugs to \&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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Copyright 2008\-2009 Gemius SA, 2013\-2015 Skytechnology sp\&. z o\&.o\&.
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LizardFS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3\&.
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LizardFS is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE\&. See the GNU General Public License for more details\&.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with LizardFS\&. If not, see http://www\&.gnu\&.org/licenses/\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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mfsmaster(8), moosefs(7)