dist/man/lvrename.8.in

         LVRENAME 8 "LVM TOOLS #VERSION#" "Sistina Software UK" \" -*- nroff -*-
 NAME
lvrename - rename a logical volume
 SYNOPSIS
 lvrename  [ -A | --autobackup " {" y | n }]  [ -d | --debug ]  [ -f | --force ]  [ -h | --help ]  [ --noudevsync ]  [ -t | --test ]  [ -v | --verbose ]  [ --version ]
 "OldLogicalVolumePath NewLogicalVolume" { Path | Name }
 VolumeGroupName OldLogicalVolumeName NewLogicalVolumeName  DESCRIPTION
 lvrename renames an existing logical volume from
 OldLogicalVolume { Name | Path } to
 NewLogicalVolume { Name | Path }.  OPTIONS
See lvm for common options.

 --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.
 EXAMPLE
To rename
 lvold in volume group
 vg02 to
 lvnew :
\ lvrename /dev/vg02/lvold /dev/vg02/lvnew


An alternate syntax to rename this logical volume is

\ lvrename vg02 lvold lvnew


 SEE ALSO
 lvm (8),   lvchange (8),  vgcreate (8),   vgrename (8)