About Backing Up And Restoring Zones; Backing Up Zones Using Fabric Manager - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual

About Backing Up and Restoring Zones

Figure 31: Copy Full Zone Database Dialog Box
Step 2 Click the Active or the Full radio button, depending on which type of database you want to copy.
Step 3 Select the source VSAN from the drop-down list.
Step 4 If you selected Copy Full, select the source switch and the destination VSAN from those drop-down lists.
Step 5 Select the destination switch from the drop-down list.
Step 6
Click Copy to copy the database.
About Backing Up and Restoring Zones
You can back up the zone configuration to a workstation using TFTP. This zone backup file can then be used
to restore the zone configuration on a switch. Restoring the zone configuration overwrites any existing zone
configuration on a switch.

Backing Up Zones Using Fabric Manager

To back up the full zone configuration using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Choose Zone > Edit Local Full Zone Database. You see the Select VSAN dialog box.
Step 2
Select a VSAN and click OK. You see the Edit Local Full Zone Database dialog box for the selected VSAN (see
32: Edit Local Full Zone Database, on page
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Configuring and Managing Zones
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