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[Gary Kotton <gkotton@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/12/2013 01:35 PM, Greg Chavez wrote:
> Logan, thanks for your reply.  I've been very conscientious of NTP, so 
> I'm very confident that that is not an issue.
>
> Gary: so in this case the "agent"= quantum-plugin-openvswitch-agent

"agent"== quantum-plugin-openvswitch-agent - yes

> , and "plugin" = quantum-server.

"plugin" == quantum-server - yes. The quantum service runs the plugin.

>  That's confusing.  And what you're saying is that the ovs 
> plugin/agent - whatever it is - is simply stating that it assumes it's 
> out of sync since it's starting up, and it's going to phone home.  Is 
> that right?  Thanks!

Yes, that is correct. Even the first time that it starts it is out of 
sync :)
> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 3:18 AM, Gary Kotton <gkotton@xxxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:gkotton@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     On 03/12/2013 12:13 AM, Greg Chavez wrote:
> >     So I'm setting up Folsom on Ubuntu 12.10, using the Github Folsom
> >     Install Guide:
> >
> >     https://github.com/mseknibilel/OpenStack-Folsom-Install-guide/blob/master/OpenStack_Folsom_Install_Guide_WebVersion.rst
> >
> >     After following the steps to instantiate the network node, I'm
> >     left with 3 new but downed OVS bridges, and three error-filled
> >     logs for ovs-plugin, dhcp-agent, and l3-agent.  I rectify it with
> >     this:
> >
> >     http://pastebin.com/L43d9q8a
> >
> >     When I restart the networking and then restart the plugin and
> >     agents, everything seems to work, but I'm getting this strange
> >     INFO message in /var/log/quantum/openvswitch-agent.log:
> >
> >     2013-03-11 17:48:02     INFO
> >     [quantum.plugins.openvswitch.agent.ovs_quantum_agent] Agent out
> >     of sync with plugin!
> >
> >     I traced it to this .py file:
> >
> >     https://github.com/openstack/quantum/blob/master/quantum/plugins/openvswitch/agent/ovs_quantum_agent.py
> >
> >     Now I realize that this is and INFO message, not an error.  But I
> >     would still like to know what this means.  Thanks!
>
>     The Quantum agents need to retrieve the port data from the Quantum
>     service. When the agents start this is done automatically (hence
>     the message that you have seen). This can also happen if there is
>     an exception in the agent or if the agent is unable to communicate
>     with the service - for example there is a problem with the
>     connection between the agent and the service (link down, etc).
>
> >     -- 
> >     \*..+.-
> >     --Greg Chavez
> >     +//..;};
> >
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