Hi Jerry,  I think the confusion comes from renaming a file system vs. changing its mountpoint.  These are two different things - the name is only used internally and its just the default mountpoint when a file system is created.  Later you can change the name but it wouldnt change the mountpoint.  If you change the mountpoint then you need to change or re-create the shares as well since their path is relative to the DM/VDM and includes the mountpoint.  So yes you can simply unmount the file system, create a new mountpoint and mount it there without loosing data or ACLs. The CIFS or NFS exports (and potential CIFS share ACLs) you have to change or re-create.  Obviously during the time window when its unmounted the file system would be unaccessible for the clients.  hope that clarifies it Rainer
Greetings again all......   I know that you can rename a file system from the GUI or from the CLI.  I believe all that needs to be done is to remount the File System under the new name once it has been renamed.  What I am unsure of is how the existing CIFS Shares will react.  Will their paths change with the renaming of the file system or will they have to be deleted and recreated with the new File System name?  In the interim I will try to get my new laptop running with my Sim environment so I can test this physically.  I ask here first as I am time contrained.  Thanks in advance.  Jerry
Rename File System on Celerra and implications of existing CIFS Shares