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Package:  thin-provisioning-tools
apt-get install thin-provisioning-tools

Manuals in package:
• thin_repair(8)
• cache_restore(8)
• cache_repair(8)
• thin_metadata_pack(8)
• thin_restore(8)
• era_check(8)
• thin_check(8)
• thin_metadata_unpack(8)
• thin_metadata_size(8)
• era_restore(8)
• thin_rmap(8)
• thin_ls(8)
• era_invalidate(8)
• thin_migrate(8)
• thin_dump(8)
• cache_metadata_size(8)
• cache_check(8)
• cache_dump(8)
• era_dump(8)
• thin_trim(8)
• thin_delta(8)
• cache_writeback(8)
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Manual

thin_metadata_unpack

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

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NAME

thin_metadata_unpack - unpack thin provisioning binary metadata.

SYNOPSIS

thin_metadata_unpack [ options ] -i {device|file} -o {device|file}

DESCRIPTION

thin_metadata_pack and thin_metadata_unpack are used to compress binary metadata. Useful for support.

thin_metadata_unpack expands metadata that has previously been packed with thin_metadata_pack. It outputs a binary file that the rest of the thin tools can use.

This tool cannot be run on live metadata.

OPTIONS

-h, --help

Print help and exit.

-V, --version

Print version information and exit.

-i, --input {device|file}

Input file or device with binary data.

-o, --output {device|file}

Output file or device for binary data.

SEE ALSO

thin_dump (8), thin_check (8), thin_restore (8), thin_rmap (8), thin_metadata_size (8)

AUTHOR

Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>

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