Sun, December 14, 2025 ยท 1 min read

Renaming lv and vg

Renaming lv and vg

Check current volume groups:

root@alpha:~# vgs
VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree
ubuntu-vg 1 1 0 wz--n- <473.89g 0

Check physical volumes:

root@alpha:~# pvs
PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree
/dev/nvme1n1p3 ubuntu-vg lvm2 a-- <473.89g 0

Check logical volumes:

root@alpha:~# lvs
LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Meta% Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert
ubuntu-lv ubuntu-vg -wi-ao---- <473.89g

Rename logical volume:

root@alpha:~# lvrename /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv /dev/ubuntu-vg/eve-lv
Renamed "ubuntu-lv" to "eve-lv" in volume group "ubuntu-vg"

Rename volume group:

root@alpha:~# vgrename ubuntu-vg eve-vg
Volume group "ubuntu-vg" successfully renamed to "eve-vg"

Verify changes:

root@alpha:~# vgs
VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree
eve-vg 1 1 0 wz--n- <473.89g 0

root@alpha:~# lvs
LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Meta% Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert
eve-lv eve-vg -wi-ao---- <473.89g