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2% Copyright (C) 2007 Alan D. Brunelle <Alan.Brunelle@hp.com>
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20The \texttt{btrecord} and \texttt{btreplay} tools provide the ability to
21record and replay IOs captured by the \texttt{blktrace} utility. Attempts
22are made to maintain ordering, CPU mappings and time-separation of IOs. The
23general workflow is expected to be:
24
25\begin{enumerate}
26  \item Initiate \texttt{blktrace} to capture traces
27  \item Generate traces\ldots
28  \item Stop \texttt{blktrace}
29  \item Run \texttt{btrecord} to convert traces into IO records
30  \item Utilize \texttt{btreplay} to replay IOs
31\end{enumerate}
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33This document will discuss the operating characteristics of
34\texttt{btreplay} and provide detailed command line option descriptions.
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