Changed internal shared drive name, but other Macs see it as an old name

Hi evryone,
I have Mac Pro, and 2 Mac minis. Just updated all to 10.9.
This MP has a 2nd drive that sherd on my network. I just cahnged this internal drive name, but other 2 Mac minis still only see the old name.
Am I missing something? I tried many things, but it shows up with the old name.
Please advise.
Thank you!

How did you change its name, if you just changed it on the desktop it may not be enough. I found this article on changing the Macintosh HD name but it will be the same way for other disks.
http://www.ehow.com/how_6085991_change-apple-hd-name.html
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