On 7/29/2010 8:03 AM, Lars Hecking wrote:
>>
>>> The servers will balance the pool(s) between them. It's actually fun (for
>>> personal preference values of "fun") to tail the logs on both servers
>>> after starting the slave and watch dhcpd communicate.
>>
>>
>> So they "only" balance the pool and no 1:1 assignment from
>> IP:Host-MAC-address.
>
> Sorry, I had to re-read your original posting ...
>
> The best way to set this up is to have a minimal dhcp.conf on both servers
> that contains global definitions and the failover section, and then includes
> another config file that contains everything else - the shared-network block
> with pools, groups etc. This second config file is the same for both servers
> and you need to keep it in sync.
Do you know if you have to do anything special in the case where the
primary server has been down for a while and is then brought back up?
That is, does the backup automatically re-sync the database with the new
leases that have been given out, or does it not have to?
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com