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Database Interaction

The following table lists the differences and interaction between the active and configuration databases.
Table 94: Active and Configuration Port Security Databases
Active Database
Read-only.
Saving the configuration only saves the activated
entries. Learned entries are not saved.
Once activated, all devices that have already logged
into the VSAN are also learned and added to the
active database.
You can overwrite the active database with the
configured database by activating the port security
database. Forcing an activation may violate the entries
already configured in the active database.
You can overwrite the configuration database with the active database using the port-security database
Note
copy vsan command. The port-security database diff active vsan command in EXEC mode lists the
differences between the active database and the configuration database.
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Configuration Database
Read-write.
Saving the configuration saves all the entries in the
configuration database.
Once activated, the configuration database can be
modified without any effect on the active database.
You can overwrite the configuration database with
the active database.
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