Description of problem: Below error is observed in /var/log/messages on RHV host continuously even when ovirt-provider-ovn is not configured: ~~~~~~~~~ ovs-vsctl: ovs|00001|db_ctl_base|ERR|unix:/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock: database connection failed (No such file or directory) ~~~~~~~~~ Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHVH-4.2.8 ovirt-provider-ovn-driver-1.2.17-1.el7ev.noarch Actual results: ovs-vsctl: ovs|00001|db_ctl_base|ERR|unix:/var/run/openvswitch/db.sock: database connection failed (No such file or directory) Expected results: We should not observe such error when ovirt-provider-ovn is not configured. Additional info: openvswitch and ovs-vswitchd services are inactive on the host: ~~~~~ * openvswitch.service - Open vSwitch Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/openvswitch.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: inactive (dead) * ovs-vswitchd.service - Open vSwitch Forwarding Unit Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/ovs-vswitchd.service; static; vendor preset: disabled) Active: inactive (dead) ~~~~~ ovirt-provider-service is also inactive on RHV-Manager: ~~~~~ # systemctl status ovirt-provider-ovn.service ● ovirt-provider-ovn.service - oVirt OVN provider Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/ovirt-provider-ovn.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: inactive (dead) ~~~~~
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1685034 ***