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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.
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.
Caution
Copying Zone Sets
On Cisco SAN 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.
Procedure
Purpose
Command or Action
Makes a copy of the active zone set in
the specified VSAN to the full zone set.
zone copy active-zoneset full-zoneset vsan vsan-id
Example:
switch# zone copy active-zoneset full-zoneset
vsan 301
Step 1
Copies the active zone in the specified
VSAN to a remote location using SCP.
zone copy vsan vsan-id active-zoneset
scp://guest@myserver/tmp/active_zoneset.txt
Example:
switch# zone copy vsan 55 active-zoneset
scp://guest@myserver/tmp/active_zoneset.txt
Step 2
Renaming Zones, Zone Sets, and Aliases
You can rename a zone, zone set, fcalias, or zone-attribute-group.
Procedure
Purpose
Command or Action
Enters global configuration mode.
configure terminal
Example:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)#
Step 1
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