Re: [suse-sles-e] Add/remove Virtual IP online.

From: Michael Kershaw (mike.kershaw_at_gmail.com)
Date: Fri Jul 14 2006 - 22:07:09 CEST


Message-ID: <a7b43ddc0607141307l1d2e1086o9230c654889fdb3f@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:07:09 -0400
From: "Michael Kershaw" <mike.kershaw@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [suse-sles-e] Add/remove Virtual IP online.

If the interface is say eth0:1, you can always perform an ifconfig
eth0:1 down.....

MikeK

On 7/14/06, Johan Kielbaey <aquajtk-sles0605@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Perhaps a stupid question, but i'm wondering how i can add or remove a virtual IP address ONLINE.
>
> Obviously I can add or remove virtual IP's with yast, but when yast saves the configuration it restarts ALL network interfaces and temporarily the applications loose their connections which is not great in server environments.
>
> Another way is using 'ifconfig <interface> add/del' statements, but then i need to leave the standard configuration files in /etc/sysconfig/network aside which is not advised.
>
> Are their other commands i'm not aware of?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Johan
>
>
> Mvg - Rgds
>
> Johan
> <johankielbaey@yahoo.com>
>

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-sles-e-unsubscribe@suse.com
For additional commands, e-mail: suse-sles-e-help@suse.com



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.7 : Fri Jul 14 2006 - 22:07:14 CEST