[ovirt-users] Modify the MacPoolRange : Former MACs?

[Itamar Heim]

On 09/10/2014 03:44 PM, Nicolas Ecarnot wrote:
> Le 10/09/2014 13:36, Martin Mucha a écrit :
>> just to add one more comment: nothing changes for MACs allocated
>> using previous MacPoolRange. After MacPoolRange change, they will be
>> treated like user specified MAC addresses, which also don't have to
>> be part of any range.
>
> OK.
>
> I'm asking about banning, because I witnessed that when (ovirt-shell)
> provisionning a new VM and its nic with a MAC outside of the pool range,
> the adding gets refused.
> I still dare not changing it unless you swear and sign it with your
> blood that this macpoolrange modification won't prevent me from running
> my existing VMs.

that's strange, since you should be able to set any mac you want iirc. 
mac pool is just for engine auto assigning.

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>> m.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Itamar Heim" <iheim at redhat.com>
>> To: "Nicolas Ecarnot" <nicolas at ecarnot.net>, users at ovirt.org, "Lior
>> Vernia" <lvernia at redhat.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014
>> 12:43:12 PM Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Modify the MacPoolRange :
>> Former MACs?
>>
>> On 09/10/2014 09:47 AM, Nicolas Ecarnot wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I plan to extend the MacPoolRange.
>>>
>>> If I also completely change the pool, in a way that does not
>>> implies the previous setting, will the manager ban all the previous
>>> MACs, now outside the defined pool? (and stop the VMs?)
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>
>> no, just affect future mac allocations.
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