Zone Set Duplication - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Zone Set Duplication

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Click the Import Active Zoneset or the Export Active Zoneset radio button.
Step 2
Select the switch from which to import or export the zone set information from the drop-down list.
Step 3
Select the VSAN from which to import or export the zone set information from the drop-down list.
Step 4
Select the interface to use for the import process.
Step 5
Step 6 Click OK to import or export the active zone set.
Issue the import and export from a single switch. Importing from one switch and exporting from
Note
another switch can lead to isolation again.
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.
Copying an active zone set to a full zone set may overwrite a zone with the same name, if it already exists
Caution
in the full zone set database.
This section includes the following topics:
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Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
30-28
Zone Merge Failure Recovery Dialog Box
To the full zone set
To a remote location (using FTP, SCP, SFTP, or TFTP).
Copying Zone Sets, page 30-29
About Backing Up and Restoring Zones, page 30-29
Backing Up and Restoring Zones, page 30-30
Renaming Zones, Zone Sets, and Aliases, page 30-30
Cloning Zones, Zone Sets, FC Aliases, and Zone Attribute Groups, page 30-31
Chapter 30 Configuring and Managing Zones
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