era_restore

Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
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NAME

era_restore - restore era metadata file to device or file.

SYNOPSIS

era_restore [options] -i {xml file} -o {device|file}

DESCRIPTION

era_restore restores era metadata created by the respective device-mapper target dumped into an XML formatted (see era_dump(8)) file, which optionally can be preprocessed before the restore to another device or file. If restored to a metadata device, the metadata can be processed by the device-mapper target.

This tool cannot be run on live metadata.

OPTIONS

-h, --help: Print help and exit.
-V, --version: Print version information and exit.
-q, --quiet: Don't print any output. Check the exit code to test for success.
-i, --input {xml file}: Specify input file containing xml metadata.
-o, --output {device|file}: Output device or file for restored binary metadata.

    If a file is used, then it must be preallocated, and large enough to hold
    the metadata.

EXAMPLE

Restores the XML formatted era metadata on file metadata to logical volume /dev/vg/metadata for further processing by the respective device-mapper target:

    $ era_restore -i metadata -o /dev/vg/metadata

DIAGNOSTICS

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

AUTHOR

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