Modifies the settings of one or more volumes.

>>-chvol--+----------+--+----------------+---------------------->
+- –?----+ '- –name--name-'
+- –h----+
'- –help-'
.-------------.
V |
>--+-----------------------+--+---volume_name-+-+--------------><
'- –desc--description-' '- – -----------'
Parameters
- –? | –h | –help
- Displays a detailed description of this command, including syntax, parameter
descriptions, and examples. If you specify a help option, all other command
options are ignored.
- –name name
- Specifies the name to assign to the volume. The volume name must be unique
within a cluster and can be up to 256 characters in length.
- –desc description
- Provides a description of the volume. The description must be enclosed
in matching single (') or double (") quotation marks if it contains any blank
characters and can be up to 256 characters in length.
The default is an
empty string.
- volume_name
- Specifies the name of one or more volumes to modify.
Note: If you specify
a name using the –name option, you may specify one only volume.
- –
- Specifies that you want to read the names of one or more volumes to modify
from stdin (for example, – << /work/vol_list.txt).
Prerequisites
You
must have Administrator privileges to use the command.
You must be logged
in to the operating system on the engine
hosting the master metadata server to run this command.
Description
You
cannot modify the name of multiple volumes at one time.
Example
Modify settings for multiple volumes The
following example modifies the description of all the volumes listed in the
file
/tmp/vol_list.txt to be
"Engineering Volumes":
sfscli> chvol –desc "My SAN File System volumes" – << /tmp/vol_list.txt
Volume vol1 modified.
Volume vol2 modified.
Volume vol3 modified.