Rename a disk in a diskgroup

Throough VEA:

• Select the disk that you want to rename.
• Select Actions-> Rename Disk.
• Specify the original disk name and the new name

Through Command Line:

vxedit rename:

Syntax: # vxedit –g <dg_name> rename <old_disk_name> <new_disk_name>
 

Example

Before:-
indhost# vxdisk list
DEVICE       TYPE            DISK         GROUP        STATUS
IBM_VSCSI0_1 auto:LVM        -            -            LVM
TagmaStore-USP0_1 auto:cdsdisk    disk01       markdg       online
TagmaStore-USP1_0 auto:cdsdisk    disk02       markdg       online
indhost# vxedit -g markdg rename disk02 disk03

After:-
indhost# vxdisk list
DEVICE       TYPE            DISK         GROUP        STATUS
IBM_VSCSI0_1 auto:LVM        -            -            LVM
TagmaStore-USP0_1 auto:cdsdisk    disk01       markdg       online
TagmaStore-USP1_0 auto:cdsdisk    disk03       markdg       online