VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 User's Guide - VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (June 2002)

Chapter 3, Disk Tasks
Renaming a Disk
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Renaming a Disk
The Rename Disk procedurechanges the VxVM nameassigned to a disk.The VxVM disk
name is the name given to the disk by the administrator or VxVM. This procedure does
not change the physical disk name (device name).
▼ To rename a disk
1. Select the disk to be renamed.
2. Choose Actions > Rename Disk.
3. Complete the Rename Disk dialog box as follows:
When you have provided all necessary information in the dialog box, click OK.
Disk Name: If the correct disk name does not alreadydisplay in this field, enter
the disk name to be changed.
New Name: Enter the new VxVM disk name.
Notes:
◆ The Rename Disk task requires the current disk name and a new disk name.
◆ The new disk name must be unique within the dynamic disk group.
◆ The disk must be in an imported dynamic disk group.