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NAME¶
virtnbdmap - map virtnbdbackup image files to nbd devices
DESCRIPTION¶
usage: virtnbdmap [-h] -f FILE [-b BLOCKSIZE] [-d DEVICE] [-e EXPORT_NAME]
- [-t THREADS] [-l LISTEN_ADDRESS] [-p LISTEN_PORT] [-n] [-L LOGFILE] [-r] [-v] [-V]
Map backup image(s) to block device
optional arguments:¶
- -h, --help
- show this help message and exit
General options:¶
- -f FILE, --file FILE
- List of Backup files to map
- -b BLOCKSIZE, --blocksize BLOCKSIZE
- Maximum blocksize passed to nbdkit. (default: 4096)
- -d DEVICE, --device DEVICE
- Target device. (default: /dev/nbd0)
- -e EXPORT_NAME, --export-name EXPORT_NAME
- Export name passed to nbdkit. (default: sda)
- -t THREADS, --threads THREADS
- Amount of threads passed to nbdkit process. (default: 1)
- -l LISTEN_ADDRESS, --listen-address LISTEN_ADDRESS
- IP Address for nbdkit process to listen on. (default: 127.0.0.1)
- -p LISTEN_PORT, --listen-port LISTEN_PORT
- Port for nbdkit process to listen on. (default: 10809)
- -n, --noprogress
- Disable progress bar
Logging options:¶
- -L LOGFILE, --logfile LOGFILE
- Path to Logfile (default: /home/abi/virtnbdmap.log)
Debug options:¶
- -r, --readonly
- Map image readonly (default: False)
- -v, --verbose
- Enable debug output
- -V, --version
- Show version and exit
EXAMPLES¶
- # Map full backup to device /dev/nbd0:
- virtnbdmap -f /backup/sda.full.data
- # Map full backup to device /dev/nbd2:
- virtnbdmap -f /backup/sda.full.data -d /dev/nbd2
- # Map sequence of full and incremental to device /dev/nbd2:
- virtnbdmap -f /backup/sda.full.data,/backup/sda.inc.1.data -d /dev/nbd2
| January 2023 | virtnbdmap 1.9.15 |