[OpenIndiana-discuss] why can't I rename be?

Predrag Zecevic predrag.zecevic at 2e-systems.com
Thu Jul 10 16:36:20 UTC 2014


Hi, you cannot rename active BE...

so:

pfexec beadm activate openindiana
pfexec beadm rename 151_9 <new_name>
pfexec beadm activate <new_name>

Regards.

Am 10.07.2014 18:15, schrieb Harry Putnam:
> I've followed a series of steps to update a 151_a8 install to the
> latest 151.1.9.
>
> The formula suggested naming the new be with a more reasonable name.
>
> In this case I jumped right out with a be named 151_9.
>
> But, of course, that is a bit wrong... The new packages all have
> something like 151.1.9
>
>    root at oi:~# beadm list
>    BE          Active Mountpoint Space Policy Created
>    151_9       R      -          5.07G static 2014-07-10 11:26
>    openindiana N      /          9.13M static 2014-07-10 04:57
>
> But I'm not able to rename it:
>
>
>    root at oi:~# beadm rename -v 151_9 151.1.9
>    be_rename: failed to rename dataset (rpool/ROOT/151_9): Device busy
>    Rename of BE 151_9 failed.
>    Unmount failed.
>
> Should I be able to rename the be?
>
>
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