VGRENAME(8)

NAME
vgrename - rename a volume group

SYNOPSIS
vgrename [-A/--autobackup y/n] [-d/--debug] [-h/-?/--help] [-v/--verbose] OldVolumeGroupPath/-Name NewVolumeGroupPath/-Name

DESCRIPTION
vgrename renames an existing (see vgcreate(8) ) and inactive (see vgchange(8) ) volume group.

  OPTIONS

-A, --autobackup y/n
    Controls automatic backup of VG metadata after the change ( see vgcfgbackup(8) ). Default is yes.

-d, --debug
    Enables additional debugging output (if compiled with DEBUG).

-h, -?, --help
    Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

-v, --verbose
    Gives verbose information about vgrename's activities.

Examples
"vgrename /dev/vg02 /dev/my_volume_group" renames existing volume group "vg02" to "my_volume_group".

"vgrename vg02 my_volume_group" does the same.

DIAGNOSTICS
vgrename returns an exit state of 0 for success and > 0 for error:
1  new volume group directory for device special files already exists
2  old volume group directory for device special files doesn't exist
3  new volume group name is invalid
4  old volume group name is invalid
5  error checking existence of old volume group
6  old volume group is not active
7  colume group names are identical
8  new volume group already exists
9  error reading VGDA
10 error removing old VGDA from kernel
11 error removing old VGDA from lvmtab
12 error removing device special files for old volume group
13 error creating device special files for new volume group
14 error inserting new volume group name into lvmtab
15 error backinp up VGDA
16 error writing VGDA to lvmtab
95 driver/module not in kernel
96 invalid i/o protocol version
97 error locking logical volume manager
98 invalid lvmtab (run vgscan(8))
99 invalid command line

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

LVM_AUTOBACKUP
    If this variable is set to "no" then the automatic backup of VG metadata is turned off.

See also
lvm(8), vgchange(8), vgcreate(8), lvrename(8)

AUTHOR
Heinz Mauelshagen <linux-lvm@ez-darmstadt.telekom.de>