thin_dump(8)

NAME
thin_dump - dump thin provisioning metadata from device or file to standard output.

SYNOPSIS
thin_dump [options] {device|file}

DESCRIPTION
thin_dump dumps binary thin provisioning metadata (optionally from alternate block; see option --metadata-snap) created by the device-mapper thin provisioning target on a device or file to standard output for analysis or postprocessing in either XML or human readable format. XML formated metadata can be fed into thin_restore (see thin_restore(8)) in order to put it back onto a metadata device (to process by the device-mapper target) or file.

This tool cannot be run on live metadata unless the --metadata-snap option is used.

OPTIONS

-h, --help
    Print help and exit.

-V, --version
    Print version information and exit.

-f, --format {xml|human_readable|custom}
    Choose output format.

    Custom formats are supported via shared library plugins.  They should be
    specified as in this example:
      $ thin_dump --format custom=mylib.so /dev/sda

-r, --repair
    Repair the metadata whilst dumping it.

-m, --metadata-snap{=<block nr>}
    Dump metadata snapshot.

    If block is not provided, access the default metadata snapshot created by
    the thin provisioning device-mapper target, else try the one at block nr.
    See the thin provisioning target documentation on how to create or release
    a metadata snapshot and retrieve the block number from the kernel.

--dev-id {natural}
    Dump the specified device.

    This option may be specified multiple times to select more than one thin
    device.

--transaction-id {natural}
    Override the transaction id given in the input xml.

--data-block-size {natural}
    Override the data block size given in the input xml.

--nr-data-blocks {natural}
    Override the nr data blocks given in the input xml.

--skip-mappings
    Do not dump the mappings.

-o {xml file}
    Specify a file for the output rather than writing to stdout.

EXAMPLES
Dumps the thin provisioning metadata on logical volume /dev/vg/metadata to standard output in human readable format:

    $ thin_dump -f human_readable /dev/vg/metadata
Dumps the thin provisioning metadata on logical volume /dev/vg/metadata to standard output in XML format:

    $ thin_dump /dev/vg/metadata
Dumps the thin provisioning metadata snapshot on logical volume /dev/vg/metadata to standard output in human readable format (not processable by thin_restore(8)):

    $ thin_dump --format human_readable --metadata-snap /dev/vg/metadata

DIAGNOSTICS
thin_dump returns an exit code of 0 for success or 1 for error.

SEE ALSO
thin_check(8), thin_repair(8), thin_restore(8), thin_rmap(8), thin_metadata_size(8)

AUTHOR
Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>, Heinz Mauelshagen <HeinzM@RedHat.com>