VGRENAME(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       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 OldVolumeGroup{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 different 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 conflicting Volume Groups with vgrename.

SEE ALSO

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

Sistina Software UK					 LVM TOOLS 2.02.44-cvs (02-17-09)					       VGRENAME(8)