Arvin's Howtos

If you are decided to rename your Linux LVM Volume Groups or Logical Volumes then here is how:

Rename a volume group:

# vgrename /dev/vg_old /dev/vgnewname 

Rename a logical volume:

# lvrename /dev/vg_name/lv_old /dev/vg_name/lv_newname 

Make sure to modify the respective entries in fstab as well:

# vi /etc/fstab

/dev/mapper/vg_old-lv_old       /var         ext4    defaults        1 1

to

/dev/mapper/vgnewname-lv_newname       /var         ext4    defaults        1 1

And if you are renaming your root partition VG or LV, then grub menu file also needs to be modified in order for server to find your vmlinuz kernel image under root directory during boot process:

# vi /boot/grub/menu.lst

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_old-lv_root rd_NO_LUKS rd_LVM_LV=vg_old/lv_root LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_LVM_LV=vg_old/lv_swap
to 
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/vgnewname-lv_root rd_NO_LUKS rd_LVM_LV=vg_old/lv_root LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rd_LVM_LV=vgnewname/lv_swap

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If you are decided to not use DHCP to obtain IP dynamically for your linux box, you can set the IP manually as below.

Edit respecting ifcfg-eth* file of your network card and insert following entries in the file:

for network card eth0:

# vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

DEVICE=eth0
TYPE=Ethernet
ONBOOT=yes
NM_CONTROLLED=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
NETWORK=10.8.227.0
NETMASK=255.255.255.192
IPADDR=10.8.227.50
DNS1=10.8.224.13
GATEWAY=10.8.227.62
IPV6INIT=no
USERCTL=no

And replace you IP, netmask, gateway and dns(if any) with your addresses. 
Reactive your network card or restart you network service:
# ifdown eth0 # ifup eth0
or 
/etc/init.d/network restart
There you can see your new network settings and try t ping your gateway to make sure of connection:
# ifconfig eth0 eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:56:B7:3B:F7           inet addr:10.8.227.50  Bcast:10.8.227.63  Mask:255.255.255.192           inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:feb7:3bf7/64 Scope:Link           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1…