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.TH era_restore 8 "Device Mapper Tools" "System Manager's Manual"
.SH NAME
\fBera_restore \fP- restore era metadata file to device or file.
\fB
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.fam C
\fBera_restore\fP [\fIoptions\fP] \fB-i\fP {xml file} \fB-o\fP {device|file}

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.fi
.fam T
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBera_restore\fP restores era metadata created by the respective device-mapper
target dumped into an XML formatted (see \fBera_dump\fP(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.
.PP
This tool cannot be run on live metadata.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B
\fB-h\fP, \fB--help\fP
Print help and exit.
.TP
.B
\fB-V\fP, \fB--version\fP
Print version information and exit.
.TP
.B
\fB-q\fP, \fB--quiet\fP
Don't print any output.  Check the exit code to test for success.
.TP
.B
\fB-i\fP, \fB--input\fP {xml file}
Specify input file containing xml metadata.
.TP
.B
\fB-o\fP, \fB--output\fP {device|file}
Output device or file for restored binary metadata.
.PP
.nf
.fam C
    If a file is used, then it must be preallocated, and large enough to hold
    the metadata.

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.fi
.SH 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:
.PP
.nf
.fam C
    $ era_restore -i metadata -o /dev/vg/metadata

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.fi
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
\fBera_restore\fP returns an exit code of 0 for success or 1 for error.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBera_dump\fP(8), \fBera_check\fP(8)
.SH AUTHOR
Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>, Heinz Mauelshagen <HeinzM@RedHat.com>