ovs-agent
A-2 Oracle VM Server User's Guide
ovs-agent
The ovs-agent command-line tool enables you to configure, and control Oracle VM
Agent. Enter parameters to the ovs-agent command-line tool in the format
service ovs-agent {option}
If you shut down or restart the Oracle VM Agent on an HA-enabled Oracle VM Server
on which guests are running you are prompted to:
■ Migrate or Power Off the guest(s) using Oracle VM Manager. When the guests
have been migrated or Powered Off, the Oracle VM Agent shuts down.
■ Shut down the guest(s) and shut down Oracle VM Agent.
■ Cancel the shutdown operation.
See Chapter 3, "Oracle VM Agent" for examples on using the ovs-agent command-line
tool.
Options
start
Starts Oracle VM Agent.
# service ovs-agent start
stop
Stops Oracle VM Agent.
# service ovs-agent stop
restart
Stops and restarts Oracle VM Agent.
# service ovs-agent restart
status
Displays information on the status of the Oracle VM Agent daemon.
# service ovs-agent status
configure
Starts the Oracle VM Agent interactive configuration script.
# service ovs-agent configure