Renaming a vFiler unit

Considerations before renaming a vFiler unit

Consider the following before renaming a vFiler unit:

The new name should not exist on the storage system, or on the partner storage system in a cluster.
Although Data ONTAP allows the storage system and its partner to have vFiler units with same names, it is easier to administer the systems if you create a unique name for each vFiler unit.
The vfiler rename command does not change the CIFS node name of the vFiler unit or affect any client connections that are active.
The vfiler rename command changes the name of the vfiler unit only within Data ONTAP; it does not rebroadcast the new name to the CIFS domain controllers or the NetBIOS nameservers because these protocols might be using a different name for the vFiler unit than Data ONTAP uses. If you need to change the name mapping in the CIFS domain controllers, run CIFS setup for each of these protocols.
Do not rename a vFiler unit while it is being migrated. Doing so will cause the migrate command on the remote system to fail.

To rename a vFiler unit, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: vfiler rename old_vfiler_name new_vfiler_name Example The following example renames a vFiler unit named vfiler1 to vfiler2: vfiler rename vfiler1 vfiler2