Zone Set Duplication; Copying Zone Sets - HP Cisco MDS 9020 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Zone Set Duplication

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Zone Set Duplication
You can make a copy and then edit it without altering the existing active zone set. You can copy an active
zone set from the bootflash: directory, volatile: directory, or slot0, to one of the following areas:
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The active zone set is not part of the full zone set. You cannot make changes to an existing zone set and
activate it, if the full zone set is lost or is not propagated.
Caution Copying an active zone set to a full zone set may overwrite a zone with the same name, if it already exists
in the full zone set database.
This section includes the following topics:
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Copying Zone Sets

On the Cisco MDS Family switches, you cannot edit an active zone set. However, you can copy an active
zone set to create a new zone set that you can edit.
To make a copy of a zone set, follow this step:
Command
Step 1
switch# zone copy active-zoneset full-zoneset
vsan 2
Please enter yes to proceed.(y/n) [n]? y
switch# zone copy vsan 3 active-zoneset
scp://guest@myserver/tmp/active_zoneset.txt
If the Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR) feature is enabled and if IVR zones exist in the active zone set, then a
Caution
zone set copy operation copies all the IVR zones to the full zone database. To prevent copying to the IVR
zones, you must explicitly remove them from the full zone set database before performing the copy
operation. Refer to the
feature.
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
23-16
To the full zone set
To a remote location (using FTP, SCP, SFTP, or TFTP).
Copying Zone Sets, page 23-16
Renaming Zones, Zone Sets, and Aliases, page 23-17
Cloning Zones, Zone Sets, FC Aliases, and Zone Attribute Groups, page 23-17
Clearing the Zone Server Database, page 23-17
Chapter 22, "Configuring Inter-VSAN Routing"
Chapter 23 Configuring and Managing Zones
Purpose
Makes a copy of the active zone set in VSAN 2
to the full zone set.
Copies the active zone in VSAN 3 to a remote
location using SCP.
for more information on the IVR
OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x