vgrename

VGRENAME(8)							  VGRENAME(8)



NAME
       vgrename - rename a volume group

SYNOPSIS
       vgrename [-A/--autobackup y/n] [-d/--debug] [-h/-?/--help] [-t/--test]
       [-v/--verbose]	      OldVolumeGroup{Path|Name|UUID}	      NewVol-
       umeGroup{Path|Name}

DESCRIPTION
       vgrename renames an existing (see vgcreate(8) ) volume group from Old-
       VolumeGroup{Name|Path|UUID} to NewVolumeGroup{Name|Path}.

OPTIONS
       See lvm for common options.

Examples
       "vgrename  /dev/vg02  /dev/my_volume_group"  renames  existing  volume
       group "vg02" to "my_volume_group".

       "vgrename vg02 my_volume_group" does the same.

       "vgrename Zvlifi-Ep3t-e0Ng-U42h-o0ye-KHu1-nl7Ns4 VolGroup00_tmp"
	      changes  the  name  of  the Volume Group with UUID Zvlifi-Ep3t-
	      e0Ng-U42h-o0ye-KHu1-nl7Ns4 to "VolGroup00_tmp".

	      All the Volume Groups visible to a system need to have  differ-
	      ent  names.  Otherwise many LVM2 commands will refuse to run or
	      give warning messages.

	      This  situation  could  arise  when  disks  are  moved  between
	      machines.	  If  a	 disk  is  connected and it contains a Volume
	      Group with the same name as the Volume  Group  containing	 your
	      root  filesystem	the  machine  might  not even boot correctly.
	      However, the two Volume  Groups  should  have  different	UUIDs
	      (unless  the disk was cloned) so you can rename one of the con-
	      flicting Volume Groups with vgrename.


       SEE ALSO
	      lvm(8), vgchange(8), vgcreate(8), lvrename(8)



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