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Vlan not assigned

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:24:33 -0000

I'm migrating a vmps server installation from slackware 10.0 to Ubuntu 10.04.2 64 bits.

The vmpsd is running

Here is the configuration file header :

!Global Configuration
vmps domain isepp
vmps mode open
vmps fallback portables
vmps no-domain-req allow

when the switch send a request, I've a correct answer from the server (running with -d option for testing) : ALLOW: 00:10:a4:9f:30:e3 -> portables, switch (unknown) [10.0.0.1] port 2/4
but on the switch, the port is not assigned.
with vqpcli.pl, the result is :

./vqpcli.pl -s 192.168.1.6 -v ISEPP -w 10.0.0.1 -i 2/4 -m 0010.a49f.30e3
Vlan:
MAC Address:
Status: ALLOW

No Mac and no VLan strange, no ?

On the old vmps server (running on slack), it is :

./vqpcli.pl -s localhost -v ISEPP -w 10.0.0.1 -i 2/4 -m 0010.a49f.30e3
Vlan: portables
MAC Address: 0010a49f30e3
Status: ALLOW

Vlan and Mac address...

Any idea ?

start vmps as a demon with the right vlan.db

pmo — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:39:52 -0000

I have not much experience in Linux. I use Ubunto 9.4 and have installed OpenVMPS 1.3
It works fine if I start it on the command line with the option -f /etc/vlan.db
How can I start it as a daemon so it use my database vlan.db in directory /etc ?
Thank a lot

Switchports remain unassigned

Andy Whiting — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:04:05 -0000

Hi folks,
Newbie install of v1.3 on Ubuntu Hardy.
vmps says it's ALLOWing the mac on the port in the VL BUT the cisco VQP packet has no vlan_name, thus the port remains unassigned.
This might be me typo'ing the vlan.db file...but i've tried a few combinations and got nowhere. Hmm, not quite, since DENY's appear to work OK.
I can post examples if requested, but I'm not sure how often this board is viewed - for what is a really useful product it seems to be a bit of a devil to get support on!
Regards,
Andy.

Does not work on Solaris 10 X86

khatry — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:45:45 -0000

Hi,

I was trying to setup vmpsd on a x86 box running Solaris 10. I have been unable to do so since the vmpsd server does not seem to be sending back the right response. When I run the vmpsd server with the -l 0x807 log level in non daemon mode I see the following:

VQP Request
Unknown: 1
Request Type: 1
Response: 0
No. Data Items: 6
Sequence No.: 449
Client IP address: 10.8.8.101
Port name: Gi1/0/4
Vlan name: --NONE--
Domain name: unon
MAC address: 0016411559f6
ALLOW: 0016411559f6 -> icts, switch 10.8.8.101 port Gi1/0/4

Of particular interest is the 'Vlan name: --NONE--' entry. I then compiled the code on a Sparc running Solaris 9 and the vmpsd server performed flawlessly. I then tries it on an x86 running Solaris 9 and again it performed flawlessly. The o/p in both cases was:

VQP Request
Unknown: 1
Request Type: 1
Response: 0
No. Data Items: 6
Sequence No.: 337
Client IP address: 10.8.8.101
Port name: Gi1/0/4
Vlan name: icts
Domain name: unon
MAC address: 0016411559f6
ALLOW: 0016411559f6 -> icts, switch 10.8.8.101 port Gi1/0/4

I then ran the binary that was compiled on the X86 running Solaris 9 on a x86 box running Solaris 10 (the first box) but again ran into the same problem!! Debug again shows --NONE-- next to Vlan name

Do you know of any issue with running vmpsd on a Solaris 10 x86 box?

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mysql backed for openvmps?

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:07:59 -0000

Hello,

is it possible to use a MySQL database for mac adress
to vlan assignment instead of the vlan.db file??

If yes, how can i do this?

I'm using Debian Linux Sarge 3.1 (kernel 2.6), openvmps
1.3,switches of cisco(2950 and 2950) and a CISCO 6509
router.

the file-based database (vlan.db) works perfectly, but
it is not so easy to handle for about 2000 clients.

thanks for your answers,

Christian
sysadmin and network admin

man vmpsd.db

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:02:20 -0000

man vmpsd works and refers to "see also vmpsd.db"
which isn't there

declaration missing

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:01:19 -0000

I installed on FreeBSD.
./compile works Okay
make gave an error :
daemon.c in function daemon_start
73 error fd undifined

when you make the declaration in the function, make
works fine.

Changing a vlan, while PC is still connected

Petunia Hero — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 14:47:55 -0000

I recently upgraded from 1.0 to 1.3. One change I
found was that if a switch reconfirms and the vmps is
configured to hand out a different vlan for a port than
what is already assigned to that port, the vmps
responds with a DENY for that port:

Here is my config:

vmps domain ungoliant
vmps mode open
vmps fallback default
vmps no-domain-req deny
vmps-mac-addrs
address 00d0.b7b3.6516 vlan-name VLAN0103

Here is the log:

VQP Request
Unknown: 1
Request Type: 3
Response: 0
No. Data Items: 6
Sequence No.: 48
Client IP address: 10.2.1.54
Port name: Fa0/10
Vlan name: VLAN0102
Domain name: Ungoliant
MAC address: 00d0b7b36516
DENY: 00d0b7b36516 -> (null), switch 10.2.1.54 port Fa0/10

Is this the expected result? I think it's reasonable
that a VLAN would change while a PC is still connected
to the port.

Thanks for any help you can give!
Matthew Wilson
mwilson@uindy.edu

How to reload ??

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:14:50 -0000

If the vlan.db file has been changed, do you have to
restart vmpsd ?
What is the best way to do this ?
(Kill the process ???)

Logs...

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:13:26 -0000

How can the messages be dropped to a logfile ?
I tried 2>/var/log/vmpsd.log but no messages appear in
the logfile