[PVE-User] SPAN port on bridge - not working in 3.x

[Lex Rivera]

Well silly me. brctl location changed from /usr/sbin in squeeze to just
/sbin in wheezy. Sorry for bothering, it's working now :)

On Mon, Jul 8, 2013, at 06:32 AM, Lex Rivera wrote:
> Hello. 
> I have machine which have span port from physical switch for VMs.
> 
> Interface config:
> ----
> auto eth3
> allow-hotplug eth3
> iface eth3 inet manual
>         up /sbin/ifconfig $IFACE up
>         downp /sbin/ifconfig $IFACE down
> 
>         post-up ethtool -K eth4 sg off
>         post-up ethtool -K eth4 tso off
>         post-up ethtool -K eth4 gso off
>         post-up ethtool -K eth4 gro off
>         post-up ethtool -K eth4 lro off
>         post-up ethtool -K eth4 tco off
> 
> auto vmbrspan
> iface vmbrspan inet manual
>         bridge_ports eth3
>         bridge_stp off
>         bridge_fd 0
>         post-up /usr/sbin/brctl setageing $IFACE 0
> ----
> pveversion:
> ----
> lex at galleon > pveversion -v
> pve-manager: 3.0-23 (pve-manager/3.0/957f0862)
> running kernel: 2.6.32-20-pve
> proxmox-ve-2.6.32: 3.0-100
> pve-kernel-2.6.32-20-pve: 2.6.32-100
> pve-kernel-2.6.32-19-pve: 2.6.32-96
> pve-kernel-2.6.32-18-pve: 2.6.32-88
> lvm2: 2.02.95-pve3
> clvm: 2.02.95-pve3
> corosync-pve: 1.4.5-1
> openais-pve: 1.1.4-3
> libqb0: 0.11.1-2
> redhat-cluster-pve: 3.2.0-2
> resource-agents-pve: 3.9.2-4
> fence-agents-pve: 4.0.0-1
> pve-cluster: 3.0-4
> qemu-server: 3.0-20
> pve-firmware: 1.0-22
> libpve-common-perl: 3.0-4
> libpve-access-control: 3.0-4
> libpve-storage-perl: 3.0-8
> vncterm: 1.1-4
> vzctl: 4.0-1pve3
> vzprocps: 2.0.11-2
> vzquota: 3.1-2
> pve-qemu-kvm: 1.4-13
> ksm-control-daemon: 1.1-1
> ----
> It worked in proxmox 2.3.x, but after upgrade to 3.0-23 i can't see span
> traffic from inside VMs.
> I can see mirrored data on host node, both on eth3 and on vmbrspan, but
> not on tapXXXiY interface.
> Any ideas?