Not all subnets are balancing
Greg Sloop <gregs@sloop.net>
gregs at sloop.net
Fri Oct 10 03:53:23 UTC 2014
I seem to recall there being some serious issues with peer fail-failover on
4.1.x versions. 4.2.x works well for us. [A search of the list might be
helpful to confirm that my recollection is correct.]
That's not to say there isn't an issue with your config. [I didn't see
anything with my weak-dhcp-foo, quick look.]
On Oct 9, 2014 1:30 PM, "Norman Elton" <normelton at gmail.com> wrote:
> I should add that this is ISC DHCP 4.1.1-P1, packaged by RedHat
> (dhcp-4.1.1-38.P1.el6.x86_64)
>
>
> Norman
>
> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 4:28 PM, Norman Elton <normelton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've got two DHCP servers configured for failover:
> >
> > failover peer "wm-dhcp-01-02" {
> > primary;
> > address 1.2.3.4;
> > port 647;
> > peer address 1.2.3.5;
> > peer port 647;
> > max-response-delay 30;
> > max-unacked-updates 10;
> > load balance max seconds 3;
> > mclt 1800;
> > split 128;
> > min-balance 60;
> > max-balance 300;
> > }
> >
> > I've noticed that our DHCP log file shows helpful information when
> > subnets get balanced:
> >
> > balancing pool 7f9da82e7960 INIT-WM-HALL total 240 free 88 backup
> > 96 lts -4 max-own (+/-)18
> >
> > But this doesn't seem consistent. That is, there are some subnets that
> > balance, others never show up in the log. Presumably there's some
> > small difference between the two, but I can't figure it out. Here's a
> > subnet that is getting balanced:
> >
> > group {
> > option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
> > option domain-name-servers 128.239.29.9, 128.239.20.9;
> > option domain-name "wm.edu";
> > default-lease-time 3600; # 1 hour
> > max-lease-time 3600; # 1 hour
> >
> > shared-network INIT-WM-HALL {
> > subnet 10.45.170.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> > option routers 10.45.170.1;
> >
> > pool {
> > failover peer "wm-dhcp-01-02";
> > range 10.45.170.11 10.45.170.250;
> > }
> > }
> > }
> > }
> >
> > And here's a seemingly similar subnet that is never showing up in the
> log file:
> >
> > shared-network ADMIN-NET {
> > subnet 128.239.96.0 netmask 255.255.224.0 {
> > option subnet-mask 255.255.224.0;
> > option routers 128.239.102.1;
> > option domain-name-servers 128.239.29.9, 128.239.20.9;
> > option domain-name "wm.edu";
> > deny bootp;
> > default-lease-time 432000; # 5 days
> > max-lease-time 432000; # 5 days
> >
> > pool {
> > failover peer "wm-dhcp-01-02";
> > range 128.239.102.10 128.239.102.254;
> > }
> > }
> > }
> >
> > Am I missing something? Is there some reason why the first would
> > rebalance and the second not?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Norman Elton
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