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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Usama,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>itīs not a bug.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The background of the problem is:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR><FONT size=2>When installing the standard ovs package the ovs daemon
starts AFTER networking, you can see it in /etc/init.d/openvswicth-switch like
this</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>### BEGIN INIT INFO<BR>#
Provides:
openvswitch-switch<BR># Required-Start: $network $named
$remote_fs $syslog<BR># Required-Stop: $remote_fs<BR>#
Default-Start: 2 3 4 5<BR>#
Default-Stop: 0 1 6<BR># Short-Description: Open
vSwitch switch<BR># Description:
openvswitch-switch provides the userspace components and utilities
for<BR>#
the Open vSwitch kernel-based switch.<BR>### END INIT INFO</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR><FONT size=2>In that case allow-ovs is necessary because when
networking starts (which in that case BEFORE ovs) ovs is not running yet. The
"allow-ovs" keyword advices the ovs daemon during start to activate the
interfaces.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><BR><FONT size=2>But when installing the package from PVE respository the
ovs daemon starts BEFOR<SPAN class=910212709-30102014>E</SPAN> networking, you
can see it in /etc/init.d/openvswicth-switch like this</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>### BEGIN INIT INFO<BR>#
Provides:
openvswitch-switch<BR># Required-Start: pvenetcommit<BR>#
Required-Stop: $local_fs<BR>#
X-Start-Before: networking<BR>#
X-Stop-After: networking<BR>#
Default-Start: S<BR>#
Default-Stop: 0 6<BR># Short-Description: Open
vSwitch switch<BR># Description:
openvswitch-switch provides the userspace components and utilities
for<BR>#
the Open vSwitch kernel-based switch.<BR>### END INIT INFO</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>In that case "allow-ovs" is not necessary because when
networking starts the ovs daemon runs already and the interfaces can be
activated immediately. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>This does not affect the need of e.g. "allow-vmbr1" becasue
itīs an advice to start the ovs ports AFTER the ovs bridges.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>In Proxmox we should always use the version from PVE
repository!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Remark: If once by mistake the ovs from original debian had
been installed replacing it by that one from PVE does not help - I did not
figure out yet why.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Kind regards</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Fritz</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial>Hello,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>I believe there is a bug in Ver. 3.3. Creating an OVS Bridge
does not add<BR>the line "allow-ovs vmbrX". For vmbr1 I had to manually add the
line after<BR>which it works perfectly, am certain the same would be true for
vmbr2.<BR>Although this is an easy work around it does sort of defeat the
purpose of<BR>the GUI. You will notice in the attached screenshot it actually
removes the<BR>line "-allow-ovs vmbr1".</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>Thank you</FONT></P>
<P><FONT
face=Arial>Sincerely,<BR>Usama</FONT></P></FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>