thin_metadata_pack(8)

thin_metadata_pack8

Pack thin provisioning binary metadata.

Usage

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

Overview

thin_metadata_pack and thin_metadata_unpack are used to compress binary metadata. Useful for support.

thin_metadata_pack compresses the metadata, omitting any metadata blocks that are unused.

This tool cannot be run on live metadata.

Options

-h, --help

Print help and exit.

-V, --version

Print version information and exit.

-i, --input {device|file}

Input file or device with binary data.

-o, --output {device|file}

Output file or device for binary data.

Releases

Unchanged in 2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie).

  1. 13–Arch

Author

Joe Thornber <[email protected]>

From thin-provisioning-tools 1.3.4-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.