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Chapter 5. Using the Pool Volume Manager 33
Note
You must deactivate a pool before renaming it. You can deactivate a pool with the
pool_assemble -r
PoolName
command or by using the
pool init.d
script. For more information about GFS
init.d
scripts, refer to Chapter 12 Using GFS
init.d
Scripts .
5.10.2. Example
This example changes the name for pool
mypool
to
pool0
:
pool_tool -r pool0 mypool
5.11. Changing a Pool Volume Minor Number
The
pool_tool
command can be used to change the minor number of a pool.
5.11.1. Usage
pool_tool -m Number PoolName
Number
Specifies the new minor number to be used.
PoolName
Specifies the name of the pool to be changed. The minor number must have a value between 0
and 64. Specifying a minor number of 0 dynamically selects an actual minor number between 65
and 127 at activation time.
Note
You must deactivate a pool before changing its pool volume minor number. You can deactivate a
pool with the
pool_assemble
-r
PoolName
command or by using the
pool init.d
script. For more
information about GFS
init.d
scripts, refer to Chapter 12 Using GFS
init.d
Scripts .
5.11.2. Example
This example changes the minor number for
pool0
to 6.
pool_tool -m 6 pool0