OVS by itself saves configuration through boots, etc., ovsdb is transactional (usually stored in /etc/openvswitch/conf.db). Xen removes that config on boot up.
On Aug 26, 2013, at 7:51 AM, Faisal Ali <justhu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Reid, so just so Iam clear, is it because ovs is not meant to save > the config? The reason I ask is I read it in a blog that it does save it. > > On Aug 26, 2013, at 3:40 AM, Reid Price <rpr...@nicira.com> wrote: > >> Hi Faisal, >> >> Xen only persists its own OVS information, and recreates it from scratch >> (xapi information) at boot. >> >> -Reid >> >> On Aug 25, 2013, at 5:41 PM, Faisal Ali <justhu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am using xenserver 6.2 which has openvswitch version 1.4.6 running. >>> >>> When I configure ovs using ovs commands it does not save the configuration >>> and its lost after reboot. >>> >>> I am not sure if this how ovs works or Xen has a modified implementation of >>> ovs that does not allow to permanently save the configuration. >>> >>> Please let me know what is the correct way if any or my assumptions are >>> incorrect >>> >>> Thank you >>> >>> Faisal Ali >>> _______________________________________________ >>> discuss mailing list >>> discuss@openvswitch.org >>> http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@openvswitch.org http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
