Rename Mount Points

[Jochen Speer]

One of my mount points needs to be renamed from /data1 to /data, everything else (logical volume, data etc) can stay the same.
What steps do I need to take?

Thank you very much for your help

[S.K. Chan]

Assuming /dev/vg01/lvol2 is mounted on /data1 and you want to change that mount point to /data.

# cd /
# umount /data1
# rmdir data1
# mkdir data
# mount /dev/vg01/lvol2 /data
# vi /etc/fstab
==> edit fstab file to reflect the new mount point.

[Michael Tully · Accepted solution]

Hi,

If /dev/vg01/lvol2 is already mounted at /data1
# umount /data1
# mkdir /data
# mount /dev/vg01/lvol2 /data
Change the mount point entry in the /etc/fstab file
Remove the old directory /data (if you choose)

If there are processes stopping you unmounting the existing filesystem, these can be identified using the 'fuser' command

# fuser /dev/vg01/lvol2

~Michael~