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.