Zone Set Duplication; Copying Zone Sets; Renaming Zones, Zone Sets, And Aliases - Cisco AJ732A - MDS 9134 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 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series 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, perform this task:
Command
Step 1
switch# zone copy active-zoneset full-zoneset
vsan vsan-id
switch# zone copy vsan vsan-id active-zoneset
scp://guest@myserver/tmp/active_zoneset.txt

Renaming Zones, Zone Sets, and Aliases

To rename a zone, zone set, fcalias, or zone-attribute-group, perform this task:
Command
Step 1
switch# configuration terminal
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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To the full zone set
To a remote location (using FTP, SCP, SFTP, or TFTP)
Copying Zone Sets, page 38-16
Renaming Zones, Zone Sets, and Aliases, page 38-16
Cloning Zones, Zone Sets, FC Aliases, and Zone Attribute Groups, page 38-17
Clearing the Zone Server Database, page 38-17
Chapter 38
Purpose
Makes a copy of the active zone set in the
specified VSAN to the full zone set.
Copies the active zone in the specified VSAN
to a remote location using SCP.
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Configuring and Managing Zones
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