HP Cisco Nexus 5000 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration - Page 532

Zone Set Duplication Chapter 38 Configuring and Managing Zones Send feedback to [email protected] 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: • To the full zone set • To a remote location (using FTP, SCP, SFTP, or TFTP) 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: • 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 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: Step 1 Command 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 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. Renaming Zones, Zone Sets, and Aliases To rename a zone, zone set, fcalias, or zone-attribute-group, perform this task: Step 1 Command switch# configuration terminal Purpose Enters configuration mode. 38-16 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide OL-16597-01