Only one disk group of a given name can exist per system. It is not possible to import or deport a disk group when the target system already has a disk group of the same name. To avoid this problem, VxVM allows you to rename a disk group during import or deport.
To rename a disk group during import, use the following command:
# vxdg [-t] -n newdg import diskgroup
If the -t option is included, the import is temporary and does not persist across reboots. In this case, the stored name of the disk group remains unchanged on its original host, but the disk group is known by the name specified by newdg to the importing host. If the -t option is not used, the name change is permanent.
For example, this command temporarily renames the disk group, mydg, as mytempdg on import:
# vxdg -t -n mytempdg import mydg
To rename a disk group during deport, use the following command:
# vxdg [-h hostname] -n newdg deport diskgroup
When renaming on deport, you can specify the -h hostname option to assign a lock to an alternate host. This ensures that the disk group is automatically imported when the alternate host reboots.
For example, this command renames the disk group, mydg, as myexdg, and deports it to the host, jingo:
# vxdg -h jingo -n myexdg deport mydg
You cannot use this method to rename the boot disk group because it contains volumes that are in use by mounted file systems (such as /). To rename the boot disk group, you must first unmirror and unencapsulate the root disk, and then re-encapsulate and remirror the root disk in a different disk group. This disk group becomes the new boot disk group.
To temporarily move the boot disk group, bootdg, from one host to another (for repair work on the root volume, for example) and then move it back
# vxdisk -g bootdg -s list dgname: rootdg dgid: 774226267.1025.tweety
In this example, the administrator has chosen to name the boot disk group as rootdg. The ID of this disk group is 774226267.1025.tweety.
This procedure assumes that all the disks in the boot disk group are accessible by both hosts.
# vxdg -tC -n newdg import diskgroup
The -t option indicates a temporary import name, and the -C option clears import locks. The -n option specifies an alternate name for the rootdg being imported so that it does not conflict with the existing rootdg. diskgroup is the disk group ID of the disk group being imported (for example, 774226267.1025.tweety).
If a reboot or crash occurs at this point, the temporarily imported disk group becomes unimported and requires a reimport.
# vxdg -h hostname deport diskgroup
Here hostname is the name of the system whose rootdg is being returned (the system name can be confirmed with the command uname -n).
This command removes the imported disk group from the importing host and returns locks to its original host. The original host can then automatically import its boot disk group at the next reboot.
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