flood of balance messages

Darren perl-list at network1.net
Wed Oct 17 14:30:28 UTC 2007 

Tell me... I do not have split defined on the secondary, but only on the 
primary.  I am reading the man page and it does not say that this 
statement must only be defined on the primary.  So, should the split 
statement be defined on both the primary and secondary?

Leger, Rita wrote:
> Let me finish that thought.  The MCLT must only be specified in the
> primary servers configuration file.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dhcp-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:dhcp-users-bounce at isc.org] On
> Behalf Of Leger, Rita
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 8:43 AM
> To: dhcp-users at isc.org
> Subject: RE: flood of balance messages
>
> I noticed that the mclt time is set on both the primary and secondary
> servers.  It must only be specified on t
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dhcp-users-bounce at isc.org [mailto:dhcp-users-bounce at isc.org] On
> Behalf Of Darren
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 1:59 PM
> To: dhcp-users at isc.org
> Subject: flood of balance messages
>
> Folks,
>
> We upgraded from dhcpd 3.0.5 to 3.1.0 on two failover peers last night.
>
> We had a problem afterwards detailed below.  I suspect there may be 
> either a problem with my failover config or some compatibility issue 
> with the format of /var/state/dhcp/dhcpd.leases from 3.0.5 to 3.1.0 that
>
> caused the issue.  Anything jump out at anyone?
>
> Here is my failover config:
>
> Server 1:
>
> failover peer "patriot" {
>         primary;
>         address 10.0.0.1;
>         port 519;
>         peer address 10.0.0.2;
>         peer port 520;
>         max-response-delay 5;
>         max-unacked-updates 5;
>         mclt 1800;
>         split 128;
>         load balance max seconds 5;
>         max-lease-misbalance 2;
>         max-lease-ownership 1;
>         min-balance 1800;
>         max-balance 1800;
> }
>
> Server 2:
>
> failover peer "patriot" {
>         secondary;
>         address 10.0.0.2;
>         port 520;
>         peer address 10.0.0.1;
>         peer port 519;
>         max-response-delay 5;
>         max-unacked-updates 5;
>         mclt 1800;
>         load balance max seconds 5;
>         max-lease-misbalance 2;
>         max-lease-ownership 1;
>         min-balance 1800;
>         max-balance 1800;
> }
>
>
> Anyone know why these particular messages would occur at the rate of 
> several hundred per second until the 2.0gig syslog file limit was
> reached?
>
> 51) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 8109e10 citizens-paradyne total 29 free 15 backup 14 lts 0 max-own
> (+/-)0 
> 52) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 8109e10 citizens-paradyne total 29 free 15 backup 14 lts 0 max-misbal 1 
> 53) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 80e77b0 citizens-ATM total 61 free 8 backup 8 lts 0 max-own (+/-)0 
> 54) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 80e77b0 citizens-ATM total 61 free 8 backup 8 lts 0 max-misbal 0 
> 55) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 80ea448 citizens-ATM total 253 free 123 backup 130 lts -3 max-own (+/-)3
>
> 56) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 80ea448 citizens-ATM total 253 free 123 backup 130 lts -3 max-misbal 5 
> 57) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 80f61e0 citizens-ATM total 61 free 5 backup 4 lts 0 max-own (+/-)0 
> 58) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 80f61e0 citizens-ATM total 61 free 5 backup 4 lts 0 max-misbal 0 
> 59) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 80f9680 citizens-ATM total 61 free 8 backup 8 lts 0 max-own (+/-)0 
> 60) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 80f9680 citizens-ATM total 61 free 8 backup 8 lts 0 max-misbal 0 
> 61) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 80fc328 citizens-ATM total 61 free 6 backup 9 lts -1 max-own (+/-)0 
> 62) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 80fc328 citizens-ATM total 61 free 6 backup 9 lts -1 max-misbal 0 
> 63) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 80ff7c8 citizens-ATM total 61 free 10 backup 9 lts 0 max-own (+/-)0 
> 64) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 80ff7c8 citizens-ATM total 61 free 10 backup 9 lts 0 max-misbal 0 
> 65) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 8102470 citizens-ATM total 125 free 22 backup 23 lts 0 max-own (+/-)0 
> 66) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 8102470 citizens-ATM total 125 free 22 backup 23 lts 0 max-misbal 1 
> 67) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 80d81f8 citizens-ethernet total 61 free 18 backup 17 lts 0 max-own
> (+/-)0 
> 68) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 80d81f8 citizens-ethernet total 61 free 18 backup 17 lts 0 max-misbal 1 
> 69) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 80db688 citizens-ethernet total 253 free 123 backup 129 lts -3 max-own
> (+/-)3 
> 70) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 80db688 citizens-ethernet total 253 free 123 backup 129 lts -3
> max-misbal 5 
> 71) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd peer patriot: Got
> POOLREQ, answering negatively! Peer may be out of leases or database
> inconsistent. 
> 72) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd pool response: 0
> leases 
> 73) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 81087a0 citizens-paradyne total 28 free 11 backup 10 lts 0 max-own
> (+/-)0 
> 74) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 81087a0 citizens-paradyne total 28 free 11 backup 10 lts 0 max-misbal 0 
> 75) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 8109e10 citizens-paradyne total 29 free 15 backup 14 lts 0 max-own
> (+/-)0 
> 76) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 8109e10 citizens-paradyne total 29 free 15 backup 14 lts 0 max-misbal 1 
> 77) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 80e77b0 citizens-ATM total 61 free 8 backup 8 lts 0 max-own (+/-)0 
> 78) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 80e77b0 citizens-ATM total 61 free 8 backup 8 lts 0 max-misbal 0 
> 79) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 80ea448 citizens-ATM total 253 free 123 backup 130 lts -3 max-own (+/-)3
>
> 80) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 80ea448 citizens-ATM total 253 free 123 backup 130 lts -3 max-misbal 5 
> 81) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 80f61e0 citizens-ATM total 61 free 5 backup 4 lts 0 max-own (+/-)0 
> 82) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 80f61e0 citizens-ATM total 61 free 5 backup 4 lts 0 max-misbal 0 
> 83) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 80f9680 citizens-ATM total 61 free 8 backup 8 lts 0 max-own (+/-)0 
> 84) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 80f9680 citizens-ATM total 61 free 8 backup 8 lts 0 max-misbal 0 
> 85) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 80fc328 citizens-ATM total 61 free 6 backup 9 lts -1 max-own (+/-)0 
> 86) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 80fc328 citizens-ATM total 61 free 6 backup 9 lts -1 max-misbal 0 
> 87) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 80ff7c8 citizens-ATM total 61 free 10 backup 9 lts 0 max-own (+/-)0 
> 88) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 80ff7c8 citizens-ATM total 61 free 10 backup 9 lts 0 max-misbal 0 
> 89) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 8102470 citizens-ATM total 125 free 22 backup 23 lts 0 max-own (+/-)0 
> 90) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 8102470 citizens-ATM total 125 free 22 backup 23 lts 0 max-misbal 1 
> 91) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 80d81f8 citizens-ethernet total 61 free 18 backup 17 lts 0 max-own
> (+/-)0 
> 92) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 80d81f8 citizens-ethernet total 61 free 18 backup 17 lts 0 max-misbal 1 
> 93) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 80db688 citizens-ethernet total 253 free 123 backup 129 lts -3 max-own
> (+/-)3 
> 94) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 80db688 citizens-ethernet total 253 free 123 backup 129 lts -3
> max-misbal 5 
> 95) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd peer patriot: Got
> POOLREQ, answering negatively! Peer may be out of leases or database
> inconsistent. 
> 96) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd pool response: 0
> leases 
> 97) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 81087a0 citizens-paradyne total 28 free 11 backup 10 lts 0 max-own
> (+/-)0 
> 98) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 81087a0 citizens-paradyne total 28 free 11 backup 10 lts 0 max-misbal 0 
> 99) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balancing pool
> 8109e10 citizens-paradyne total 29 free 15 backup 14 lts 0 max-own
> (+/-)0 
> 100) 2007-10-16 07:20:00 EDT (-0400) patriot-1 dhcpd balanced pool
> 8109e10 citizens-paradyne total 29 free 15 backup 14 lts 0 max-misbal 1 
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