linux + how to change disks name to other names

Question

we have disk devices as ( on redhat machine version 7.2 )

sdb
sdc
sdd
sde

we want to change the names to

vxb
vxc
vxd
vxe

is it possible

expected results

from lsblk output we need to see

vxb
vxc
vxd
vxe

Answer 1

I do not expect you will be able to do that without changing the Linux kernel as /dev/sd* are a matter of Linux kernel. And lsblk uses data from kernel (sysfs, to be precise) and udev as a device daemon.

You can however make symlinks, that create /dev/vx* you want. For that I suggest symlinking based on UUID or label by referencing /dev/disk/by-label/<label> or /dev/disk/by-uuid/<UUID> as /dev/sd* may change between boots. Please note that this will not change the lsblk output.

Either way, the answer might be helpful if you'll explain why you are trying to rename the disks as this is quite an unusual request.