ThinpXML
This gem contains a library and command line tool for manipulating the XML format for thin provisioning metadata.
Convert thinp's binary format to/from xml using the thin_dump and thin_restore tools in thin-provisioning-tools
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'thinp_xml'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install thinp_xml
Usage
$ thinp_xml create --nr-thins 4 --nr-mappings 100 --block-size 512
When specifying numerical constants you may also give a random number distribution.
uniform[<begin>..<end inclusive>]
$ thinp_xml create --nr-thins uniform[4..9] --nr-mappings uniform[1000..10000] --block-size 1024