NAME¶
thin_repair - repair thin provisioning binary metadata from device/file to
device/file
SYNOPSIS¶
thin_repair [
options] -i
{device|file} -o
{device|file}
DESCRIPTION¶
thin_repair reads binary thin provisioning metadata created by the
respective device-mapper target from one
device or
file ,
repairs it and writes it to another
device or
file. If written
to a metadata
device , the metadata can be processed by the
device-mapper target.
- -i, --input {device|file}
- Input file or device with binary metadata.
- -o, --output {device|file}
- Output file or device for repaired binary metadata.
- -h, --help
- Print help and exit.
- -V, --version
- Output version information and exit.
EXAMPLE¶
Reads the binary thin provisioning metadata from file
metadata , repairs
it and writes it to logical volume /dev/vg/metadata for further processing by
the respective device-mapper target:
thin_repair -i metadata -o /dev/vg/metadata
DIAGNOSTICS¶
thin_repair returns an exit code of 0 for success or 1 for error.
SEE ALSO¶
thin_dump(8) thin_check(8) thin_restore(8)
thin_rmap(8) thin_metadata_size(8)
AUTHOR¶
Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Heinz Mauelshagen <HeinzM@RedHat.com>