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Copying a zone set – HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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3.

In the right pane, click the Provision button corresponding to the fabric in which you want to

delete a zone set.

4.

Do one of the following:
• Click Step 3 Zone Set.
• Click Step 4 Activate Zone Set.

5.

(Cisco SIM-S Switch Connections Only) Select the virtual SAN in which you want to view zone

sets from the VSAN drop-down menu.

6.

Click the button corresponding to the zone set you want to delete.

7.

When you are asked if you want to delete the zone set, click OK.

Copying a Zone Set

This feature copies a zone set and all of its members, such as zones and zone aliases. You can use

this feature to copy inactive and active zone sets. The newly created zone set is inactive.
The management server stops the copying process of an active zone set if the management server

finds one of the following:

An inactive zone set with the same name as the name entered for the copy.

An inactive zone with the same name as an active zone, but they do not have the same content.

Active zones in a zone set have corresponding inactive zones for redundancy. If you attempt to

copy an active zone set containing a zone that does not have a corresponding inactive zone, the

management server creates an inactive zone with the same name as the active zone. The inactive

zone is used as a backup for the active zone.

IMPORTANT:

This feature is supported only for switches that support zone set copying. Refer to

Table 50

on page 331 for information on which switches support zone set copying. Aliases in the

zone set are not copied over for McDATA switches.

To copy a zone set:

1.

Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Provisioning Manager in HP Systems Insight Manager.

2.

In the right pane, click the SAN Zoning tab.

3.

In the right pane, click the Provision button corresponding to the fabric in which you want to

copy a zone set.

4.

Click Step 3 Zone Set.

5.

Click the corresponding button for the zone set you want to copy.

6.

Enter the name of the new zone set. If you are copying an active zone set, make sure you do

not enter the name of a pre-existing inactive zone set.
Naming Conventions for McDATA and Connectrix Switches

:

• The name can have a maximum of 64 characters.
• The first character of a zone set name must be a letter (A-Z, AZ).
• A zone set name cannot contain spaces.