Re: [CentOS] vgrename, lvrename

On 09/11/10 12:45 PM, drew einhorn wrote:

Hi,

I want to rename some volume groups and logical volumes.

I was not surprised when it would not let me rename active volumes.

So I booted up the system using the CentOS 5.5 LiveCD, but the LiveCD makes the logical volumes browsable using Nautilus, so they are still active and I can't rename them.

Tried:

/usr/sbin/lvchange -a n VolGroup00/LogVol00

but it still says:

LV VolGroup00/LogVol00 in use: not deactivating

did you try booting the liveCD in single mode? in grub, add the word 'single' to the kernel line... that won't mount anything.