That would be my argument against buying any hardware/software for DHCP redundancy. If you're lucky enough to have a VM environment, the whole process could be done in 30-45 minutes.
We run ours on a dedicated blade, but even that took just a little over an hour. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com <mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com> From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 3:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: DHCP Failover I used to wonder about DHCP failover then someone pointed out to me that leases are usually measured in days so you really do have time to setup an alternate server. James ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Lambert <mailto:blamb...@concuity.com> To: NT System Admin Issues <mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 2:55 PM Subject: RE: DHCP Failover Yanno, if I had the where-with-all, I'd write an app that would do the failover...I think it would sell. Bill Lambert Concuity 847-941-9206 From: Don Guyer [mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 1:51 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DHCP Failover That's exactly our DR steps for DHCP. Don Guyer Systems Engineer - Information Services Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group 431 W. Lancaster Avenue Devon, PA 19333 Direct: (610) 993-3299 Fax: (610) 650-5306 don.gu...@prufoxroach.com <mailto:don.gu...@prufoxroach.com> From: Senter, John [mailto:john.sen...@etrade.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 2:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: DHCP Failover Well there is a cheap solution and it is not real time. Write a script to go to each DHCP server and copy the DHCP backup folder to a central location. That backup is generated daily and in the event you lose a DHCP server you could put DHCP on another server and restore the backup files. If you use a system with a different IP you will have to update the IP Helper on the switches that have the VLAN the server serves. From: Bill Lambert [mailto:blamb...@concuity.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 2:20 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: DHCP Failover Is there an expensive or even free utility to configure a second Windows server as a failover DHCP server? I've seen the appliances etc when Goggling but nothing app oriented and inexpensive. Thanks in advance for any help. Bill Lambert Windows System Administrator Concuity A healthcare division of Trintech, Inc. Phone 847-941-9206 Fax 847-465-9147 NASDAQ: TTPA The information contained in this e-mail message, including any attached files, is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the recipient) you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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