OpenvSwitch new OVSIntPort without reboot?

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tomstephens89

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Hi guys,

I need to add a few new VLAN's to my infrastructure, one of which will be for backups that each of my 16 proxmox hosts will need to talk on. Therefore I need to add a new OVSIntPort to each host.

I want to know if it is OK to make the new port in the GUI and then run the following command instead of having to reboot all my hosts?

Code: 
[COLOR=#333333]/etc/init.d/pvenetcommit start[/COLOR]

Thanks
 
tomstephens89 said:
I need to add a few new VLAN's to my infrastructure, one of which will be for backups that each of my 16 proxmox hosts will need to talk on. Therefore I need to add a new OVSIntPort to each host.

I want to know if it is OK to make the new port in the GUI and then run the following command instead of having to reboot all my hosts?

Code: 
/etc/init.d/pvenetcommit start
Click to expand...

No. The above procedure is dedicated for to be called in the startup phase.

Suggestion: Make temporary changes (until the next reboot, in addition to the change in GUI), using ovs-vsctl command, e.g.

Code: 
ovs-vsctl add-port vmbr5 iport99 tag=999 -- set interface iport99 type=internal
 
Richard said:
No. The above procedure is dedicated for to be called in the startup phase.

Suggestion: Make temporary changes (until the next reboot, in addition to the change in GUI), using ovs-vsctl command, e.g.

Code: 
ovs-vsctl add-port vmbr5 iport99 tag=999 -- set interface iport99 type=internal
Click to expand...

Ok so a reboot is required for a simple network change. Whilst I can acomodate this, I would suggest this functionality be added in the future since making live changes to the network configuration is possible in the other commercial hypervisors such as ESXi and HyperV.
 
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