I was really itching to try out the new DHCP Failover goodies in Windows Server 2012. I ran into a couple weird issues when trying to configure it- hopefully I can save someone else the trouble.
When I tried to create the partner server relationship and configure failover, I'd get the following error: Configure failover failed. Error: 20010. The specified option does not exist.
We have a few custom scope options defined for our IP phones. Apparently, it won't propagate the custom option configuration during the partner relationship setup- you have to do it manually. I haven't found this step or error message documented anywhere in the context of failover configuration.
Since we only had one custom option, and I knew what it was, I just manually added it. If you don't know which options are custom and need to be copied over, it's not hard to figure out. In the DHCP snap-in on the primary server, right-click the IPv4 container and choose Set Predefined Options, then scroll through values in the Option Name dropdown with the keyboard arrows or mouse wheel until you see the Delete button light up (that'll be a custom value). Hit Edit and copy the values down, then in the same place on the partner server, hit Add and poke in the custom values. If you have lots of custom options, you can use netsh dhcp or PowerShell to get/set the custom option config.
Once the same set of custom options exist on both servers, you can do Configure Failover as normal on the scopes and it should work fine. The values of any custom options defined under the scopes will sync up just fine.
I also had one scope where Configure Failover wasn't an option. I had imported all my scopes from a 2003 DC awhile back, so I'm guessing there was something else corrupted in the scope config- just deleting and recreating the scope fixed the problem (it was on a rarely used network, so no big deal; YMMV).
Hope this helps!
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I found that if you do an export all from the source, and then import all on the dest, then all of the custom Options are duplicated. Then delete the imported Scope(s) and you are ready to try again.
Thanks for sharing your experience. Please refer to the blog at the below location which specifies the steps. http://blogs.technet.com/b/teamdhcp/archive/2012/09/11/migrating-existing-dhcp-server-deployment-to-windows-server-2012-dhcp-failover.aspx
The specific step mentioned in the blog that you would need to perform to migrate option definitions, user and vendor classes and server level options is -
Import-DhcpServer –ComputerName DHCP2.corp.contoso.com –File C:\export\dhcpexp.xml –ServerConfigOnly –verbose –BackupPath C:\dhcp\backup\
Regarding the last issue that is mentioned towards the end of Configure Failover option not being available on one of the scopes, its most likely that the scope type was either BOOTP or BOTH. DHCP Failover is not supported for BOOTP scopes. When you recreated the scope its likely that you created a scope of type DHCP which then allowed you to configure failover for these scopes.
Thanks for sharing your experience. Please refer to the blog at the below location which specifies the steps for migrating an existing DHCP server to DHCP Failover - http://blogs.technet.com/b/teamdhcp/archive/2012/09/11/migrating-existing-dhcp-server-deployment-to-windows-server-2012-dhcp-failover.aspx
The specific step mentioned in the blog that you would need to perform to migrate option definitions, user and vendor classes and server level options is -
Import-DhcpServer –ComputerName DHCP2.corp.contoso.com –File C:\export\dhcpexp.xml –ServerConfigOnly –verbose –BackupPath C:\dhcp\backup\
Regarding the last issue that is mentioned towards the end of your blog - Configure Failover option not being available on one of the scopes, its most likely that the scope type was either BOOTP or BOTH. DHCP Failover is not supported for BOOTP scopes. When you recreated the scope its likely that you created a scope of type DHCP which then allowed you to configure failover for these scopes.
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Thank you for posting this. This was exactly what I needed.
Thanks for posting this. This is exactly what I needed. You wrote it perfectly.
Thank you! Your solution worked for me. Regards, Martin
I encountered the same issue with custom options for VOIP. I fixed my issue by naming the settings identical (not just the custom code - e.g. 176) On both serves, Add (e.g. VOIP Phone - Series X).
Encountered same issue with the custom options (VOIP settings). I fixed my issue by creating the same option NAME (Not just the Custom CODE).
Example (DID NOT WORK)
1) Server 1 = Name: VOIP Phone; Code 176
2) Server 2 - Name: VOIP; Code 176
Example (THAT WORKED)
1) Server 1 = Name: VOIP Phone; Code 176
2) Server 2 - Name: VOIP Phone; Code 176
I just had this same issue on my new DHCP servers.
I think it was because at some point the scope had been imported at some point.
Had some custom scopes 128,129 and 130 but the issue remained. After a lot of back and forth realised it was option 60 'PXE Client' that was missing, although it wasn't an option I could delete from the Predefined options window. Just manually created that option on the new server and that seemed to fix it.
Thanks for the post!
THANK YOU!!! I was exhausted and frustrated and found your site. I used the scroll wheel method you suggested, duplicated the entry on the partner server, then ran the wizard again - it worked!
Excellent article. Thanks for posting. I had a theory about that and you confirmed it along with instructions. Good stuff. Maybe add screenshots in an edit? :-)
Thanks for your great article.
Also keep in mind that the time between the two must be at most with 1 minute of difference.
Thanks for the article it solved my problem.
Also the time difference between hosts must be 1 minute or less.
Thank You. I found this very useful and found the Pre-Defined option i needed to re-create on the other Server. I ran the failover routine again and BINGO!!!!!! it worked.
Thanks again for sharing.
Thanks "Unknown" of "May 25, 2013 at 7:15 AM " you solved my problem too.
In my case i was trying to add a second Windows 2012 server to an existing server that i had upgraded from Windows 2008 R2. The changes in the Server Options were so subtle that they could only be seen when i exported the config file of both servers and compared using WinMerge.
Thank you for this. It really saved me a lot of troubleshooting time. We have 8 different VLAN DHCP scopes, and the VoIP VLAN was the one that was failing. The steps were straight forward and we resolved this DHCP failover issue within a few minutes. Thanks again!
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