[Engine-devel] Host Network status isn't being updated

[Moti Asayag]

On 05/24/2012 10:09 PM, Itzik Brown wrote:
> So what is the refresh rate for?

The VdsRefreshRate configuration value holds the interval between
refreshing data from the host (e.g. VM statuses) and verifying the host
is responsive.

> ________________________________________
> From: Moti Asayag [masayag at redhat.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:54 PM
> To: Itzik Brown
> Cc: engine-devel at ovirt.org
> Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] Host Network status isn't being updated
> 
> On 05/24/2012 06:24 PM, Itzik Brown wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> I add a network using ovirt-engine:
>>
>> Adding a network to a data center then attaching the network to a
>> cluster(Non required network).
>>
>>
>>
>> Then I do the following on the host (running vdsm):
>>
>> #brctl addbr mynetwork
>>
>> #brctl addif mynetwork eth3
>>
>>
>>
>> The refresh rate as indicated by ovirt-engine GUI is 5 seconds.
>>
>> I don't see that the network is attached to the interface until I
>> manually restart vdsm.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any suggestion?
>>
> 
> The network interfaces are being refreshed on ovirt-engine side by the
> GetCapabilitiesVDSCommand. It is being triggered either by activating a
> host, or if the host status is other than: Up, PreparingForMaintenance,
> Error or NonOperational.
> 
> The easiest way to refresh the new network on ovirt-engine is moving the
> host to maintenance and activating it.
> 
> We're missing the functionality of refreshing the Host information on
> the fly, specifically network entities.
> 
> It is also mentioned on the thread which deals on network features:
> http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/engine-devel/2012-May/001707.html
> 
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Itzik
>>
>>
>>
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