Brocade Communications Systems A7990A - StorageWorks SAN Director 4/16 Blade Switch Administrator's Manual page 239

Copying a Zone Database from One Fabric to Another
This section describes how you can copy a zone database from one fabric to another fabric or to a
different Admin Domain in the same fabric.
To copy a zone database
1. Click Tasks > Zone Management > Zone Administration from the menu bar.
The Zone Administration module launches, as shown in
2. Select the zone database you want to copy.
3. Click View/Edit Zone DB.
The Zone Editor Tool launches, as shown in
4. Click File > Save Zone Database > To the Offline Repository.
The Save Zone Database to Offline Repository dialog box displays, populated with the current zone
database name, fabric, and Admin Domain.
5. Fill out this dialog box as follows:
a.
b.
c.
If the name you provide does not exist in the fabric and Admin Domain, then a new zone database
is created. If the name does exist, then a warning is displayed stating that a zone database with that
name already exists and you must provide a different name.
Comparing Two Zone Databases
This section describes how you can compare two zone databases, make minor modifications, and save
the modified zone database.
To compare two zone databases
1. Click Tasks > Zone Management > Compare/Merge.
Alternatively, if you are in the Zone Editor Tool, you can click Zoning Actions > Compare/Merge
Zone Database. If you want to compare the zone database that you are currently editing in the
Zone Editor Tool, you must save the zone database first, before doing the comparison, because the
saved version is used in the comparison.
The Compare/Merge Zone Database module launches (see
Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide
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Type the name of zone database.
Select the fabric and Admin Domain from the drop-down lists.
Click OK.
Managing Zoning Offline
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