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6 thin_restore - restore thin provisioning metadata file to device or
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10 thin_restore [options] -i {xml file} -o {device|file}
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14 thin_restore restores thin provisioning metadata created by the respec‐
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23 -h, --help
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67 Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>, Heinz Mauelshagen <HeinzM@RedHat.com>
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