Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide (53-10000196-01-HP, November 2006)

Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide 15-7

Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP

Managing Zoning Offline

Copying a Zone Database from One Fabric to Another

This section describes how you can copy a zone database from one fabric to another fabric or to a

different Admin Domain in the same fabric.

To copy a zone database

1. Click Tasks > Zone Management > Zone Administration from the menu bar.

The Zone Administration module launches, as shown in Figure 15-1.

2. Select the zone database you want to copy.

3. Click View/Edit Zone DB.

The Zone Editor Tool launches, as shown in Figure 15-2.

4. Click File > Save Zone Database > To the Offline Repository.

The Save Zone Database to Offline Repository dialog box displays, populated with the current zone

database name, fabric, and Admin Domain.

5. Fill out this dialog box as follows:

a. Type the name of zone database.

b. Select the fabric and Admin Domain from the drop-down lists.

c. Click OK.

If the name you provide does not exist in the fabric and Admin Domain, then a new zone database

is created. If the name does exist, then a warning is displayed stating that a zone database with that

name already exists and you must provide a different name.

Comparing Two Zone Databases

This section describes how you can compare two zone databases, make minor modifications, and save

the modified zone database.

To compare two zone databases

1. Click Tasks > Zone Management > Compare/Merge.

Alternatively, if you are in the Zone Editor Tool, you can click Zoning Actions > Compare/Merge

Zone Database. If you want to compare the zone database that you are currently editing in the

Zone Editor Tool, you must save the zone database first, before doing the comparison, because the

saved version is used in the comparison.

The Compare/Merge Zone Database module launches (see Figure 15-4 on page 15-8).