Hi List.
I have a tricky question about IPaddresses when using Layer2.
We currently use Layer3, only IP packets sent within z/VM.
The VM command:
q vswitch detail
gives among other things, also IPaddresses
We are planning to change into Layer2, include MAC just as a normal x86 server
does.
But now we don't get the IP-addresses from that VM command: q vswitch detail
anymore :(
Is there any way to get it ?
The main reason is that we have a table(in a mysqldatabase actually) that holds
all our available IPaddresses.
This includes not used ones, which have blank in servername.
This table is the base info source for a web admin interface we have.
Built into it is an auto-update function, using the output from the VM cmd q
vswitch detail, and update the row
with that IPaddress in the table with the right servername(VMuserid) .
If changing to Layer2 this will not work :-((
I don't like update VM profiles and this table separately. Normally we don't,
cloning is done via
this webinterface so it is updated in normal cases. However this autoupdate
function always correct any
human error and servers created manually, without the webinterface. I really
like that :)
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Tore Agblad
System programmer, Volvo IT certified IT Architect
Volvo Information Technology
Infrastructure Mainframe Design & Development, Linux servers
Dept 4352 DA1S
SE-405 08, Gothenburg Sweden
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E-mail: [email protected]
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