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7 – Zoning Configuration
Managing Aliases
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7.8
Managing Aliases
Managing aliases consists of the following tasks:
 Create an Alias
 Delete an Alias
 Rename an Alias
 Copy an Alias
 Add Members to an Alias
 Remove Members from an Alias
All of these tasks require an Admin session and a Zoning Edit session.
7.8.1
Create an Alias
Enter the Alias Create command to create a new alias as shown in the following
example:
SANbox #> admin start
SANbox (admin) #> zoning edit
SANbox (admin-zoning) #> alias create alias_1
SANbox (admin-zoning) #> zoning save
7.8.2
Delete an Alias
Enter the Alias Delete command to delete alias_1 from the zoning database as
shown in the following example:
SANbox #> admin start
SANbox (admin) #> zoning edit
SANbox (admin-zoning) #> alias delete alias_1
SANbox (admin-zoning) #> zoning save
7.8.3
Rename an Alias
Enter the Alias Rename command to rename alias_1 to alias_a as shown in the
following example:
SANbox #> admin start
SANbox (admin) #> zoning edit
SANbox (admin-zoning) #> alias rename alias_1 alias_a
SANbox (admin-zoning) #> zoning save