VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 User's Guide - VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (September 2004)

Volume Tasks
Renaming a Volume
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Renaming a Volume
The Rename Volume procedure changes the name of a volume. If the
volume has a file system, this procedure also makes the necessary
changes to the file system table file and allows you to specify a new
mount point for the file system.
To rename a volume
Step 1. Select the volume to be renamed.
Step 2. Choose Actions > Rename Volume.
Step 3. Complete the Rename Volume dialog box as follows:
After you have provided all necessary information in the dialog box, click
OK.
NOTE
• The Rename Volume task requires the current volume name and a
new volume name.
• The new volume name must be unique within the disk group.
• If the volume contains a file system, the file system table file is
automatically updated (if necessary).
• The Rename Volume task requires umount file system if a file system
is mounted.
Volume Name: If the correct volume name does not already
display in this field, enter the volume name.
New Name: Enter the new name for the volume.