Cisco Nexus 5000 Series - Copying Zone Sets

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
OL-16597-01
Chapter 1 Configuring and Managing Zones
Zone Set Duplication
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 1-16
• Renaming Zones, Zone Sets, and Aliases, page 1-16
• Cloning Zones, Zone Sets, FC Aliases, and Zone Attribute Groups, page 1-17
• Clearing the Zone Server Database, page 1-17
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:
Renaming Zones, Zone Sets, and Aliases
To rename a zone, zone set, fcalias, or zone-attribute-group, perform this task:
Command Purpose
Step 1
switch# zone copy active-zoneset full-zoneset
vsan vsan-id
Please enter yes to proceed.(y/n) [n]? y
Makes a copy of the active zone set in the
specified VSAN to the full zone set.
switch# zone copy vsan vsan-id active-zoneset
scp://guest@myserver/tmp/active_zoneset.txt
Copies the active zone in the specified VSAN
to a remote location using SCP.
Command Purpose
Step 1
switch# configuration terminal
Enters configuration mode.
Step 2
switch(config)# zoneset rename oldname newname
vsan vsan-id
Renames a zone set in the specified
VSAN.
switch(config)# zone rename oldname newname vsan
vsan-id
Renames a zone in the specified VSAN.
switch(config)# fcalias rename oldname newname
vsan vsan-id
Renames a fcalias in the specified VSAN.
switch(config)# zone-attribute-group rename
oldname newname vsan vsan-id
Renames a zone attribute group in the
specified VSAN.
Step 3
switch(config)# zoneset activate name newname
vsan vsan-id
Activates the zone set and updates the new
zone name in the active zone set.