Change HD identifier Volume name, NOT the system identifier, pic included.

[rotarypower101]

How do I change the Identifier?

This disk was previously used as a backup for an old OS.

Now its identifier is wrong, and I cant figure out how to change it back to its original status?

The disk should read:

3 TB Hitachi HDS5C3030ALA630 Media

I am not necessarily concerned that it doesn't, just that it still retains the marker of Maverick Backup, which is very misleading now that the disk is repurposed.


How do I change this identifier?

Searching only gives me the easily changed system identifier.

Is there a better nomenclature to search for a solution?

TIA!

 

[Weaselboy]

Looks like that is setup s a core storage volume, so you cannot rename normally in Finder. Run the command below in Terminal substituting whatever you want for the new name.

diskutil cs rename "Mavric Backup" "New Name"

 

[DeltaMac]

The situation is caused by Yosemite, which changed all of your listed drives to part of the logical volume group.
Here's what will help:
You need to remove that drive from the Logical Volume group, which will revert the volume to a normal HFS+ volume. It will then display its actual device name, and not the one that was provided by the logical volume group.

Here's a page that will step you through doing that reversion process with the terminal.

I guess Weaselboy's fix would be much simpler, so try that first

 

[rotarypower101]

Looks like that is setup s a core storage volume, so you cannot rename normally in Finder. Run the command below in Terminal substituting whatever you want for the new name.

diskutil cs rename "Mavric Backup" "New Name"

What would I do without helpful people...probably just obsess I guess, but I am VERY grateful!

Thank you #


May I ask, is there a name or term used for this specific string as an identifier?

I couldn't seem to come up with anything that would differentiate the two identifiers to find a solution on my own.

 

[Weaselboy]

What would I do without helpful people...probably just obsess I guess, but I am VERY grateful!

Thank you #


May I ask, is there a name or term used for this specific string as an identifier?

I couldn't seem to come up with anything that would differentiate the two identifiers to find a solution on my own.

That is a "core storage volume" or "logical volume group/name". Not knowing to search for that would make it tough to find.

Glad you are fixed up.