[linux-lvm] Conflicting vg names but can't rename one

[Mauricio Tavares]

On 12/17/2010 01:56 PM, Richard Shaw wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Mauricio Tavares<raubvogel at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> vgrename SB3NfW-swQM-5rdw-xf5e-z6At-r5DM-dUwG7D export1
>>   WARNING: Duplicate VG name export: Existing
>> fjM9qy-aCEM-iluj-yTdQ-CwT5-Iijk-uOYXlB (created here) takes precedence over
>> SB3NfW-swQM-5rdw-xf5e-z6At-r5DM-dUwG7D
>>   WARNING: Duplicate VG name export: Existing
>> fjM9qy-aCEM-iluj-yTdQ-CwT5-Iijk-uOYXlB (created here) takes precedence over
>> SB3NfW-swQM-5rdw-xf5e-z6At-r5DM-dUwG7D
>>   WARNING: Duplicate VG name export: fjM9qy-aCEM-iluj-yTdQ-CwT5-Iijk-uOYXlB
>> (created here) takes precedence over SB3NfW-swQM-5rdw-xf5e-z6At-r5DM-dUwG7D
>>   Volume group "export" still has active LVs
>>
>> What am I missing here? I thought if I told it to rename the vg with a given
>> uuid I would be golden. As you can see, that is not the case.
>
> I think you need to make the vg unavailable before you can rename it:
>
> vgchange -an SB3NfW-swQM-5rdw-xf5e-z6At-r5DM-dUwG7D
>
> then your vgrename should work.
>
> Richard
>
	Do you think I need to persuade it some more?

raub at ubuntu:~$ sudo vgdisplay export
   WARNING: Duplicate VG name export: Existing 
fjM9qy-aCEM-iluj-yTdQ-CwT5-Iijk-uOYXlB (created here) takes precedence 
over SB3NfW-swQM-5rdw-xf5e-z6At-r5DM-dUwG7D
   --- Volume group ---
   VG Name               export
   System ID
   Format                lvm2
   Metadata Areas        1
   Metadata Sequence No  2
   VG Access             read/write
   VG Status             resizable
   MAX LV                0
   Cur LV                1
   Open LV               1
   Max PV                0
   Cur PV                1
   Act PV                1
   VG Size               465.76 GiB
   PE Size               4.00 MiB
   Total PE              119234
   Alloc PE / Size       102400 / 400.00 GiB
   Free  PE / Size       16834 / 65.76 GiB
   VG UUID               fjM9qy-aCEM-iluj-yTdQ-CwT5-Iijk-uOYXlB

raub at ubuntu:~$ sudo vgchange -an SB3NfW-swQM-5rdw-xf5e-z6At-r5DM-dUwG7D
   WARNING: Duplicate VG name export: Existing 
fjM9qy-aCEM-iluj-yTdQ-CwT5-Iijk-uOYXlB (created here) takes precedence 
over SB3NfW-swQM-5rdw-xf5e-z6At-r5DM-dUwG7D
   Volume group "SB3NfW-swQM-5rdw-xf5e-z6At-r5DM-dUwG7D" not found
raub at ubuntu:~$

Maybe I need to unmount/disconnect the hard drive with the vg being used 
and then try to rename the other drive...

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