---
name: "rbd-replay-prep"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "ceph-common"
version: "18.2.7+ds-1+deb13u1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/rbd-replay-prep"
---

# rbd-replay-prep(8)

prepare captured rados block device (RBD) workloads for replay

## NAME

rbd-replay-prep - prepare captured rados block device (RBD) workloads for replay

## SYNOPSIS

```
rbd-replay-prep [ --window seconds ] [ --anonymize ] trace_dir replay_file
```

## DESCRIPTION

**rbd-replay-prep** processes raw rados block device (RBD) traces to prepare them for **rbd-replay**.

## OPTIONS

- **--window seconds**

  Requests further apart than 'seconds' seconds are assumed to be independent.

- **--anonymize**

  Anonymizes image and snap names.

- **--verbose**

  Print all processed events to console

## EXAMPLES

To prepare workload1-trace for replay:

```
rbd-replay-prep workload1-trace/ust/uid/1000/64-bit workload1
```

## AVAILABILITY

**rbd-replay-prep** is part of Ceph, a massively scalable, open-source, distributed storage system. Please refer to the Ceph documentation at *https://docs.ceph.com* for more information.

## SEE ALSO

[*rbd-replay*(8)](/rbd-replay/8.md), [*rbd*(8)](/rbd/8.md)

## COPYRIGHT

2010-2014, Inktank Storage, Inc. and contributors. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 (CC-BY-SA-3.0)