Refreshing a zone database, Merging fabrics – Brocade Network Advisor IP User Manual v12.3.0 User Manual

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The message closes and the selected zone configurations are removed from the Zone
Configurations list.

6. Click OK to save your work and close the Zoning dialog box.

Any zones or zone configurations you have changed are saved in the zone database.

Refreshing a zone database

1. Select Configure > Zoning > Fabric.

The Zoning dialog box displays.

2. Click the Zone DB tab if that tab is not automatically displayed.

3. Select a zone database from the Zone DB list.

4. Select Refresh from the Zone DB Operation list.

A message displays informing you that refresh will overwrite the selected database. Click Yes to
continue.

5. Click OK.

Any zones or zone configurations you have changed are saved in the zone database.

Merging fabrics

When you merge fabrics, the defined and active zone configurations in both fabrics must match.

1. Compare and merge the two zone databases, and save the database to the offline repository.

Refer to

“Merging two zone databases”

on page 776.

2. Ensure that the active zone configurations in each fabric are the same, including the same

name.

Refer to

“Renaming a zone configuration”

on page 772.

3. Load the newly merged zone database from the offline repository.

4. Activate the zone configuration.

5. If the active zone configuration names are the same in each fabric, then load the offline

repository, and activate the zone configuration on each fabric.

6. If the active configuration names are different in each fabric, rename the zone configurations

to be the same, and copy the zones.

7. Ensure that the active configurations are the same.

a. Load the newly created offline zone database.

b. Add the active zones to the zone configuration that is the active configuration on the other

fabric.

c. Rename the inactive configuration.

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