Renaming a Disk

If you do not specify a VM disk name, VxVM gives the disk a default name when you add the disk to VxVM control. The VM disk name is used by VxVM to identify the location of the disk or the disk type. To change the disk name to reflect a change of use or ownership, use the following command:

# vxedit rename old_diskname new_diskname

To rename disk01 to disk03, use the following command:

# vxedit rename disk01 disk03

To confirm that the name change took place, use the following command:

# vxdisk list

VxVM returns the following display:

DEVICE       TYPE        DISK      GROUP      STATUS
c0t0d0       simple      disk04    rootdg     online
c1t0d0       simple      disk03    rootdg     online
c1t1d0        simple       -           -           online

	NOTE: By default, VxVM names subdisk objects after the VM disk on which they are located. Renaming a VM disk does not automatically rename the subdisks on that disk.