Thanks to Kristen for the reply. As the explanation is very thorough, I'm
including the whole reply below.
Thanks,
Carlos
>From: "Kristen Abbott" <abbott_at_zk3.dec.com>
>To: <chuacarlos_at_hotmail.com>
>Subject: RE: How to rename diskgroup name? (fwd)
>Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 15:28:59 -0400
>
>Hello;
>
>Your question was forwarded to me since I work on the LSM manual.
>
>There is no direct way to rename a disk group, but it can be done. You have
>to stop all activity on the volumes in the disk group, deport the disk
>group, and reimport it with a new name. Once the disk group is reimported,
>you can restart all its volumes. The entire process should not take long,
>but your volumes will be inaccessible for the duration.
>
>Note that this procedure does not cover any steps you might have to take
>before stopping the volumes; if they are used by AdvFS file domains or UFS,
>you need to unmount the file system and possibly remove the volumes from
>the
>domain before deporting the disk group. It's up to you whether being able
>to
>rename your disk group is worth this effort.
>
>The LSM-specific steps are:
>1. Stop the volumes in the disk group you want to rename.
> # volume -g <diskgroup> stopall
>2. Deport the disk group.
> # voldg deport <diskgroup>
>3. Reimport the disk group and give it a new name.
> # voldg import -n newname <diskgroup>
>4. Restart the volumes.
> # volume -g <new_diskgroup_name> startall
>
>Then you must reconfigure the AdvFS or UFS file systems (or the
>appliations)
>to use the volumes as they were before.
>
>Hope this helps!
>Kristen Abbott
>-----------------------------------------
>Kristen Abbott
>Technical Writer, UNIX Pubs Group
>www.zk3.dec.com/~abbott
>mailto:abbott_at_zk3.dec.com
>ZKO3-3X/52 603-884-2439
>
>
>
>
>
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 10:52:55 +0000 (SGT)
> > > From: Carlos Chua <chuacarlos_at_hotmail.com>
> > > To: tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov
> > > Followup-To: poster
> > > Subject: How to rename diskgroup name?
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Is there a simple way to rename a diskgroup? I've gone thru the LSM
>manual
> > > and it talks about renaming plex and volume but not diskgroup.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Carlos Chua
> > > chuacarlos_at_hotmail.com
> > >
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