4.4.5. Renaming Logical Volumes

4.4.5. Renaming Logical Volumes

To rename an existing logical volume, use the lvrename command.

Either of the following commands renames logical volume lvold in volume group vg02 to lvnew.

lvrename /dev/vg02/lvold /dev/vg02/lvnew
lvrename vg02 lvold lvnew

For more information on activating logical volumes on individual nodes in a cluster, see Section 4.8, “Activating Logical Volumes on Individual Nodes in a Cluster”.


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