Implement DHCP Failover in Windows Server 2016 - Dimitris Tonias

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By using Failover on DHCP Server, what we do is share the load Facebook
between the two servers with load balancing as well as provide
fault tolerance. Thus, even if one of the two DHCP servers is not
online, then the clients continue to be served by the second
server.
The DHCP Failover can be con gured with two basic modes.
Load Balance Mode, where both DHCP servers are active at

the same time and the load is shared between them.
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Hot Standby Mode, where one DHCP server is active (as

primary) and the other is passive (as secondary) so that
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These two modes can be applied either at the DHCP Scope level,
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In order to implement this scenario, we will assume that we have
two DHCP servers, DC01 and DC02, which they are both DCs and
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DNS servers as well. These extra roles are not required, though.
We assume that the DHCP role has been installed on the two
servers and the appropriate Scopes have been con gured on one
DHCP server. Install Remote
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Open the DHCP console, right-click IPv4, and then click Con gure
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In the window that will appear, you will see the list of available
Scopes that you can set for failover. Select all is turned on by
default, you can turn it o and select only those you want to Show or hide
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Click the Add Server button to select the second DHCP server from
the list of authorized DHCP servers or simply type the hostname
or IP address in the corresponding eld and click Next to
Con gure
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In the next step, you’ll need to go through some settings.
In the Relationship Name eld, type a name for the speci c

“relationship” of the two servers.
In the Mode eld, select Load Balance.
In the Load Balance Settings eld, select the load percent of
each server to share with each other.
In the State Switchover Interval eld, you can leave it blank.
This setting is used for Hot Standby mode.
In the Enable Message Authentication eld, you can enable
it if desired, and then enter a password in the Shared
Secret eld. This password is used to authenticate
messages sent between the two servers participating in
DHCP Failover.
Click Next to continue.
Finally, click Finish to complete the Failover set up.
Immediately after, the corresponding progress window will

appear and as everything went well you will see the Con gure
failover successful message.
DHCP Failover – Hot Standby Mode
The steps to con gure Hot Standby mode are the same as those
described above, but we’ll only stop at the last step that is a bit
di erent.
In the Relationship Name eld, type a name for the speci c

“relationship” of the two servers.
In the Mode eld, select Hot Standby.
In the Hot Standby Settings eld, select the percentage of
addresses that the standby server will reserve.
In the State Switchover Interval eld, select the time that
will be required until the status of the DHCP Server change
from passive to active.
In the Enable Message Authentication eld, you can enable
it if desired, and then enter a password in the Shared
Secret eld. This code is used to authenticate messages
sent between the two servers participating in DHCP Failover.
Click Next to continue.
Immediately after, the corresponding progress window will

appear and as everything went well you will see the Con gure
failover successful message.
View and edit DHCP Failover settings
So, after you have set up your DHCP Failover on your server, you
may need to view again how it was con gured and possibly edit
some of its settings. This is done through the DHCP Properties
window.
Right-click on IPv4 and then click Properties. In the window that

opens, go to the Failover tab. Here, you can see the status of
failover settings, edit and delete them.
Correspondingly, through the settings window of each DHCP

Scope, you can view the failover settings for each Scope
separately.
Force Scope and Relationship replication
If you’ve made changes to a server and want to force the

replication from one partner server to another, then this is how
it’s done.
To replicate Scope settings, right-click a Scope, and then click

Replicate Scope.
Correspondingly, to replicate settings of all Scopes, right-click on

IPv4 and then click Replicate Failover Scopes.
Finally, to replicate settings of all Scopes in a particular

relationship, right-click on a Scope and then click Replicate
Relationship.
In any case, the corresponding con rmation message will be

displayed.
Remove (decon gure) DHCP Failover
Removing DHCP Failover settings between two partner servers is

very easy and fast, again at both server and Scope level.
To remove a DHCP Failover Scope, right-click on the Scope and

then Decon gure Failover.
You will need to con rm your action and then the corresponding
message will be displayed.
When removing the DHCP Failover, Scopes and Relationships will

be removed from the partner server.
DHCP Failover via PowerShell
Of course, all of the above actions can be done through

PowerShell. However, due to the fact that DHCP Failover settings
do not change often, it might have been quicker and easier to do
it using the DHCP console instead of PowerShell’s advanced
parameters. So I will not focus more on this point, apart from
mentioning the basic cmdlets.
Add-DhcpServerv4Failover
Add-DhcpServerv4FailoverScope
Get-DhcpServerv4Failover
Remove-DhcpServerv4Failover
Remove-DhcpServerv4FailoverScope
Set-DhcpServerv4Failover
Invoke-DhcpServerv4FailoverReplication
If you are interested, you can search for more information about
the parameters you will need through Microsoft documentation.
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1. Add new IPv4 Scope in DHCP Server 2016
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Jarren Breger JULY 27, 2018 AT 19:00
This perfectly explains everything. Great job! I was

confused on why the scopes didn’t replicate over.
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Denis MARCH 11, 2019 AT 11:33
is it possible to replicate the scopes automatically when a

change is made to a one dhcp server? in the dhcp load
balancing mode, are the scopes automatically replicated?
Thanks!!
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rem MARCH 12, 2019 AT 13:01
Hi,
Thx for this topic.

On 2012R2 server, we have a limiation of 31 failover
relations.
Is it the case on 2016 ?
Thx
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Dimitris Tonias MARCH 14, 2019
AT 22:37
To be honest I’m not quite sure about this. I

can’t nd any o cial reference from Microsoft
that this limitation has changed in WS2016, so I
assume that the limit is the same one with
2012R2 server.
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Andrew Serekedde MAY 27, 2019 AT 08:37
Hi,
Any chance you could share one write up on Data
Deduplication. Thanks for the others. Helps alot.
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Joel M JUNE 5, 2019 AT 18:57
Thank you for the great article.

One question I have, however; does the secondary DHCP
server need to be authorized during this process? I didnt
see it mentioned here, nor was it mentioned in any other
articles I have seen…
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Dimitris Tonias JUNE 11, 2019 AT
20:03
Yes, having a DHCP server authorized means

that it can issue IP addresses to clients.
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 February 22, 2018  Dimitris Tonias  Windows Server

Load Balance Mode, where both DHCP servers are active at

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In the next step, you’ll need to go through some settings.

In the Relationship Name eld, type a name for the speci c

Click Next to continue.

Finally, click Finish to complete the Failover set up.

Immediately after, the corresponding progress window will

DHCP Failover – Hot Standby Mode

In the Relationship Name eld, type a name for the speci c

Click Next to continue.

Immediately after, the corresponding progress window will

View and edit DHCP Failover settings

Right-click on IPv4 and then click Properties. In the window that

Correspondingly, through the settings window of each DHCP

Force Scope and Relationship replication

If you’ve made changes to a server and want to force the

To replicate Scope settings, right-click a Scope, and then click

Correspondingly, to replicate settings of all Scopes, right-click on

Finally, to replicate settings of all Scopes in a particular

In any case, the corresponding con rmation message will be

Remove (decon gure) DHCP Failover

Removing DHCP Failover settings between two partner servers is

To remove a DHCP Failover Scope, right-click on the Scope and

When removing the DHCP Failover, Scopes and Relationships will

DHCP Failover via PowerShell

Of course, all of the above actions can be done through

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Jarren Breger JULY 27, 2018 AT 19:00

This perfectly explains everything. Great job! I was

Denis MARCH 11, 2019 AT 11:33

is it possible to replicate the scopes automatically when a

rem MARCH 12, 2019 AT 13:01

Thx for this topic.

Dimitris Tonias MARCH 14, 2019

To be honest I’m not quite sure about this. I

Andrew Serekedde MAY 27, 2019 AT 08:37

Joel M JUNE 5, 2019 AT 18:57

Thank you for the great article.

Dimitris Tonias JUNE 11, 2019 AT

Yes, having a DHCP server authorized means

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