Switching from Single DHCP Server to Failover

Martin McCormick martin at dc.cis.okstate.edu
Wed Apr 19 12:40:15 UTC 2006


Glenn Satchell writes:
>Assuming your current server is to become the primary. Add the failover
>commands to the configuration and restart the server. Start the
>secondary. The above scenario only occurs if the secindary has already
>issued leases. If it has an empty lease file the first thing that
>happens is that the secondary requests a copy of all the leases and
>then both server switch to normal mode and are able to hand out leases
>immediately. At least that's been my experience.

	That sounds great.  Thank you.  I'll make sure dhcpd.leases on
the secondary is empty.


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