glCopyBufferSubData GL_COPY_READ_BUFFER GL_COPY_WHITE_BUFFER

// get our VBO
            vboID = vboIDList.get(1);
            glBindBuffer(GL_COPY_READ_BUFFER, vboID);

            // create new buffer and copy data
            int newVboID = glGenBuffers();
            glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, newVboID);
            indexBuffer = MemoryUtil.memAllocInt(indexBufferLength);
            indexBuffer.put(new int[indexBufferLength]).flip();
            glBufferData(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, indexBuffer, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
if(indexCount>0)
{            

            glCopyBufferSubData(GL_COPY_READ_BUFFER, GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0, 0, indexCount * INT_SIZE);      
            //INT_SIZE is a static final = 4

            //replace VBO
            vboIDList.set(1, newVboID);
            glDeleteBuffers(vboID);

            // unbind buffers
            glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0);
            glBindBuffer(GL_COPY_READ_BUFFER, 0);
}