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Zoning administration
6. Click OK or Apply to save your changes.
Duplicating a zone alias
1. Select Configure > Zoning > Fabric.
2. Click the Zone DB tab if that tab is not automatically displayed.
3. Select Alias from the Type list.
4. Right-click the zone alias you want to duplicate and select Duplicate.
5. Edit the name.
6. Click OK or Apply on the Zoning dialog box to save your changes.
Duplicating a zone configuration
When you duplicate a zone configuration, you make a copy of it in the same zone database. The
first time a zone configuration is duplicated, the duplicate is automatically given the name
<zonesetlabel>_copy. On subsequent times, a sequential number is assigned to the zone name,
such as <zonesetlabel>_copy_1, <zonesetlabel>_copy_2, and <zonesetlabel>_copy_3.
Note that these naming conventions apply both to duplicate and deep duplicate operations.
1. Select Configure > Zoning > Fabric.
2. Click the Zone DB tab if that tab is not automatically displayed.
3. Select an FC fabric from the Zoning Scope list.
4. Select one or more zone configurations in the Zone Configurations list that you want to
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A message displays informing you that any zones or zone configurations you have changed will
be saved in the zone database, and warning you to make sure no other user is making changes
to the same areas.
The Zoning dialog box displays.
The duplicated zone alias displays in the Alias list (for example, <Zone_Alias>_Copy).
To edit the name, refer to
The Zoning dialog box displays.
This identifies the target entity for all subsequent zoning actions and displays the zoning
database for the selected entity.
duplicate, then right-click and select one of the following options:
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Duplicate - To duplicate the zone configuration or configurations.
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Deep Duplicate - To duplicate the zone configuration or configurations and all included
zones.
The duplicated zone configuration or sets display in the Zone Configurations list.
"Renaming a zone alias"
on page 592.
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