[ovs-discuss] can i use the ovs-vsctl command to add a bridge for a remote ovs
Justin Pettit
jpettit at nicira.com
Fri Aug 17 07:31:35 UTC 2012
On Aug 17, 2012, at 12:15 AM, Kris zhang <zhang.kris at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Justin, just now i run the command: ovsdb-server --remote=ptcp:6677.
>
> it says: I/O error: /etc/openvswitch/conf.db: fail to lock lockfile (Resouce temporarily unavailable).
>
> and then i use command: ps -elf|grep ovs
> i found there is a process pid=3456 ovsdb-server --remote=punix:/usr/local/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock
Yes, you should only have one instance running. You're probably going to want both of those "--remote" options (ptcp:and punix) on your instance, though.
> Need i to kill this process firstly? (BTW there is no a man page for ovsdb-server in http://openvswitch.org/support/)
We don't have all the man pages available on the web site. The man page should be with your OVS distribution.
--Justin
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