Using OMAPI to remove leases on isc DHCP

[Glenn Satchell]

>Subject: Re: Using OMAPI to remove leases on isc DHCP
>From: Chris Buxton <cbuxton at menandmice.com>
>Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:05:41 -0800
>To: Users of ISC DHCP <dhcp-users at lists.isc.org>
>
>On Nov 27, 2009, at 5:24 AM, Glenn Satchell wrote:
>
>>> we are using isc dhcp ver. 3.0.3 on SLES10. My question is, can active
>>> leases be deleted using omshell?
>>> I tried this an in tells me something like this:
>>> 
>>> "can't destroy object: not implemented"
>>> 
>> 
>> You can't destroy a lease on the server, because the client may still
>> be using that IP address.
>
>Yes you can. You can release leases via omshell. However, you must be
>running DHCP version 3.0.6 or later, as I recall.

Ok, you can release it on the server, but the client may not notice,
and keep on using the address until the original expiration or the next
time it tries to renew. I think that was originally meant as a way to
reclaim leases from clients that "went away" without releasing the
address.

>Version 3.0.3 is really old. You (the original poster) should upgrade.

Yes, agree with that!

regards,
-glenn
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