Disk groups can be moved from one system to another with the deport/import commands. The same technique can be used to rename a disk group by deporting the disk group with a new name.

1. Unmount any filesystems on the disk group

2. Stop any volumes on the disk group:

vxvol stop

3. Deport the disk group:

vxdg deport

4. Import the disk group:

vxdg import

5. Restart and resynchronize the disk group:

vxrecover -g -sb

6. Remount any filesystems from the disk group

If you have any problems, check the status of volumes on the disk group:

vxinfo

To rename the disk group during deport/import, use the -n argument:

vxdg deport -n