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VGRENAME(8)                 System Manager's Manual                VGRENAME(8)
NAME
       vgrename -- Rename a volume group
SYNOPSIS
       vgrename position_args
           [ option_args ]
DESCRIPTION
       vgrename renames a VG.
       All  VGs  visible  to  a system need to have different names, otherwise
       many LVM commands will refuse to run or give warning messages. VGs with
       the  same name can occur when disks are moved between machines, or fil-
       ters are changed. If a newly connected disk has a VG with the same name
       as the VG containing the root filesystem, the machine may not boot cor-
       rectly. When two VGs have the same name, the VG UUID  can  be  used  in
       place of the source VG name.
USAGE
       Rename a VG.
       vgrename VG VG_new
           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
       Rename a VG by specifying the VG UUID.
       vgrename String VG_new
           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]
       Common options for command:
           [ -A|--autobackup y|n ]
           [ -f|--force ]
           [    --reportformat basic|json ]
       Common options for lvm:
           [ -d|--debug ]
           [ -h|--help ]
           [ -q|--quiet ]
           [ -t|--test ]
           [ -v|--verbose ]
           [ -y|--yes ]
           [    --commandprofile String ]
           [    --config String ]
           [    --devices PV ]
           [    --devicesfile String ]
           [    --driverloaded y|n ]
           [    --journal String ]
           [    --lockopt String ]
           [    --longhelp ]
           [    --nohints ]
           [    --nolocking ]
           [    --profile String ]
           [    --version ]
OPTIONS
       -A|--autobackup y|n
              Specifies  if metadata should be backed up automatically after a
              change.  Enabling this is strongly advised!  See  vgcfgbackup(8)
              for more information.
       --commandprofile String
              The  command  profile  to  use  for  command configuration.  See
              lvm.conf(5) for more information about profiles.
       --config String
              Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf(5) set-
              tings.   The  String arg uses the same format as lvm.conf(5), or
              may use section/field syntax.  See lvm.conf(5) for more informa-
              tion about config.
       -d|--debug ...
              Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail
              of messages sent to the log file and/or syslog (if configured).
       --devices PV
              Restricts the devices that are visible  and  accessible  to  the
              command.   Devices  not  listed  will appear to be missing. This
              option can be repeated, or accepts a  comma  separated  list  of
              devices. This overrides the devices file.
       --devicesfile String
              A file listing devices that LVM should use.  The file must exist
              in /etc/lvm/devices/ and is managed with the lvmdevices(8)  com-
              mand.   This  overrides  the lvm.conf(5) devices/devicesfile and
              devices/use_devicesfile settings.
       --driverloaded y|n
              If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.
              For testing and debugging.
       -f|--force ...
              Override  various  checks,  confirmations  and protections.  Use
              with extreme caution.
       -h|--help
              Display help text.
       --journal String
              Record information in the systemd journal.  This information  is
              in  addition  to information enabled by the lvm.conf log/journal
              setting.  command: record information about the  command.   out-
              put: record the default command output.  debug: record full com-
              mand debugging.
       --lockopt String
              Used to pass options for special cases to  lvmlockd.   See  lvm-
              lockd(8) for more information.
       --longhelp
              Display long help text.
       --nohints
              Do  not  use the hints file to locate devices for PVs. A command
              may read more devices to find PVs when hints are not  used.  The
              command will still perform standard hint file invalidation where
              appropriate.
       --nolocking
              Disable locking.
       --profile String
              An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on
              the command.
       -q|--quiet ...
              Suppress  output  and log messages. Overrides --debug and --ver-
              bose.  Repeat once to also  suppress  any  prompts  with  answer
              'no'.
       --reportformat basic|json
              Overrides  current  output  format  for reports which is defined
              globally by the  report/output_format  setting  in  lvm.conf(5).
              basic is the original format with columns and rows.  If there is
              more than one report per command, each report is  prefixed  with
              the  report name for identification. json produces report output
              in JSON format. See lvmreport(7) for more information.
       -t|--test
              Run in test mode. Commands will not update  metadata.   This  is
              implemented  by  disabling all metadata writing but nevertheless
              returning success to the calling  function.  This  may  lead  to
              unusual  error  messages  in  multi-stage  operations  if a tool
              relies on reading back metadata  it  believes  has  changed  but
              hasn't.
       -v|--verbose ...
              Set  verbose  level.  Repeat  from  1 to 4 times to increase the
              detail of messages sent to stdout and stderr.
       --version
              Display version information.
       -y|--yes
              Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but  always  assume
              the  answer  yes.  Use with extreme caution.  (For automatic no,
              see -qq.)
VARIABLES
       VG     Volume Group name.  See lvm(8) for valid names.
       String See the option description for information about the string con-
              tent.
       Size[UNIT]
              Size  is  an  input number that accepts an optional unit.  Input
              units are always treated as base two values, regardless of capi-
              talization,  e.g.  'k'  and 'K' both refer to 1024.  The default
              input unit is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT.  UNIT rep-
              resents other possible input units: b|B is bytes, s|S is sectors
              of 512 bytes, k|K is KiB, m|M is MiB, g|G is GiB,  t|T  is  TiB,
              p|P  is  PiB, e|E is EiB.  (This should not be confused with the
              output control --units, where capital letters mean  multiple  of
              1000.)
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       See  lvm(8)  for  information  about environment variables used by lvm.
       For example, LVM_VG_NAME can generally be substituted for a required VG
       parameter.
EXAMPLES
       Rename VG "vg02" to "myvg":
       vgrename vg02 myvg
       Rename the VG with the specified UUID to "myvg".
       vgrename Zvlifi-Ep3t-e0Ng-U42h-o0ye-KHu1-nl7Ns4 myvg
SEE ALSO
       lvm(8), lvm.conf(5), lvmconfig(8), lvmdevices(8),
       pvchange(8), pvck(8), pvcreate(8), pvdisplay(8), pvmove(8),
       pvremove(8), pvresize(8), pvs(8), pvscan(8),
       vgcfgbackup(8), vgcfgrestore(8), vgchange(8), vgck(8), vgcreate(8),
       vgconvert(8), vgdisplay(8), vgexport(8), vgextend(8), vgimport(8),
       vgimportclone(8), vgimportdevices(8), vgmerge(8), vgmknodes(8),
       vgreduce(8), vgremove(8), vgrename(8), vgs(8), vgscan(8), vgsplit(8),
       lvcreate(8), lvchange(8), lvconvert(8), lvdisplay(8), lvextend(8),
       lvreduce(8), lvremove(8), lvrename(8), lvresize(8), lvs(8), lvscan(8),
       lvm-fullreport(8), lvm-lvpoll(8), lvm2-activation-generator(8),
       blkdeactivate(8), lvmdump(8),
       dmeventd(8), lvmpolld(8), lvmlockd(8), lvmlockctl(8), cmirrord(8),
       lvmdbusd(8), fsadm(8),
       lvmsystemid(7), lvmreport(7), lvmraid(7), lvmthin(7), lvmcache(7)
Red Hat, Inc.       LVM TOOLS 2.03.14(2)-RHEL8 (2021-10-20)        VGRENAME(8)