Switching from Single DHCP Server to Failover
David W. Hankins
David_Hankins at isc.org
Wed Apr 19 18:39:14 UTC 2006
On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 03:24:03PM -0500, Martin McCormick wrote:
> failover peer "abc" {
>
> Am I correct in understanding that this string can be anything
> inside the double quotes so long as both peers contain the same
> string?
In 3.0.x I think it isn't ever even checked...which failover peer
relationship to use for a given connection is decided instead by the
peer ip address (!).
In 3.1.x, however, we're fixing that. The peer name is more general
and correct (and doesn't require hard-coded ip addresses). It's also
the reference behaviour.
So to save yourself migration pain later, follow Glenn's advice and
make it something useful and descriptive.
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David W. Hankins "If you don't do it right the first time,
Software Engineer you'll just have to do it again."
Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. -- Jack T. Hankins
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