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Chapter 37 Configuring Port Security Database Interaction Send documentation comments to [email protected] Table 37-4 Active and Configuration Port Security Databases (continued) Active Database Configuration Database Once activated, all devices that have already Once activated, the configuration database can be logged into the VSAN are also learned and added modified without any effect on the active to the active database. 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. Note You can overwrite the configuration database with the active database using the port-security database 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. This section includes the following topics: • Database Scenarios, page 37-15 • Port Security Database Copy, page 37-16 • Port Security Database Deletion, page 37-17 • Port Security Database Cleanup, page 37-17 Database Scenarios Figure 37-1 depicts various scenarios to depict the active database and the configuration database status based on port security configurations. Figure 37-1 Port Security Database Scenarios OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide 37-15