Adding/Deleting fixed-address host declations without restrating the DHCP service
Simon Hobson
dhcp1 at thehobsons.co.uk
Fri Jul 20 19:38:21 UTC 2012
Anup Namdhari wrote:
>I would like to know is there any way were after add or delete dhcp
>stop/start is not required to get those changes working .
No. The only way to re-read the config is to restart the server.
However, you could consider OMAPI which I believe can create static
assignments live.
>Our DHCP servers are running in failover. Addition/Deletion of host
>happens very frequently and same time DHCP restart also done and
>cause DHCP going out-of sync.
I'm sure someone who uses failover will pipe up soon, but I believe
it's best to stagger the restarts rather than do them simultaneously.
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