thin_metadata_pack(8)

✨ thin_metadata_pack(8) ✨

Heyyy bestie 🎀 okay so thin_metadata_pack is the tool that packs up thin provisioning binary metadata. Think of it as a compression queen 👑 that squishes your metadata down small. It's literally a System Manager's Manual page energy, and it's a Device Mapper Tools thing 🌸

💖 NAME 💖

thin_metadata_pack — pack thin provisioning binary metadata. 🦋

🧚 SYNOPSIS 🧚

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

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so thin_metadata_pack and thin_metadata_unpack are the dynamic duo 👯‍♀️ used to compress binary metadata. It's giving support-team vibes, so it's super useful for support 🫶

thin_metadata_pack compresses the metadata and skips any metadata blocks that are unused. Lowkey iconic, no cap ✨

😭 bestie, this tool cannot be run on live metadata. Do NOT run it on live metadata, it's a hard no 💀

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• -h, --help — prints the help and exits. Nothing else, we're out 🙈
• -V, --version — prints version information and exits. Check your version, slay 💜
• -i, --input {device|file} — the input file or device that has the binary data 📥
• -o, --output {device|file} — the output file or device where the binary data goes 📤

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

thin_dump(8), thin_check(8), thin_restore(8), thin_rmap(8), thin_metadata_size(8) — go check these out, they're the whole squad 🦋

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com> — the legend who made this happen 🫶

Byeee bestie 💖 this was Device Mapper Tools, System Manager's Manual energy, and it's giving thin_metadata_pack(8) forever 🌸✨