TH LVRENAME 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
SH NAME
lvrename \- rename a logical volume
SH SYNOPSIS
B lvrename
RB [ \-A | \-\-autobackup " {" y | n }]
RB [ \-d | \-\-debug ]
RB [ \-f | \-\-force ]
RB [ \-h | \-\-help ]
RB [ \-\-noudevsync ]
RB [ \-t | \-\-test ]
RB [ \-v | \-\-verbose ]
RB [ \-\-version ]
TP
IR "OldLogicalVolumePath NewLogicalVolume" { Path | Name }
TP
I VolumeGroupName OldLogicalVolumeName NewLogicalVolumeName
SH DESCRIPTION
B lvrename
renames an existing logical volume from
IR OldLogicalVolume { Name | Path }
to
IR NewLogicalVolume { Name | Path }.
SH OPTIONS
See \fBlvm\fP for common options.
TP
BR \-\-noudevsync
Disable udev synchronisation. The
process will not wait for notification from udev.
It will continue irrespective of any possible udev processing
in the background. You should only use this if udev is not running
or has rules that ignore the devices LVM2 creates.
SH EXAMPLE
To rename
B lvold
in volume group
B vg02
to
BR lvnew :
nf
\ lvrename /dev/vg02/lvold /dev/vg02/lvnew
fi
An alternate syntax to rename this logical volume is
nf
\ lvrename vg02 lvold lvnew
fi
SH SEE ALSO
BR lvm (8),
BR lvchange (8),
BR vgcreate (8),
BR vgrename (8)
