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

Disk Tasks
Renaming a Disk
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Renaming a Disk
The Rename Disk procedure changes the VxVM name assigned 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
Step 1. Select the disk to be renamed.
Step 2. Choose Actions > Rename Disk.
Step 3. Complete the Rename Disk dialog box as follows:
When you have provided all necessary information in the dialog box,
click OK.
NOTE
• 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.
Disk Name: If the correct disk name does not already
display in this field, enter the disk name to be
changed.
New Name: Enter the new VxVM disk name.