This post relates to the new Windows Server 2012 Failover technology. I was diagnosing DHCP Issues at a customer when I was required to remove my DHCP scopes from failover configuration then re-add them. After attempting to re-add the scopes I received the following error.
Configure failover failed. Error: 20114: The DHCP Failover relationship already exists.
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Despite removing the scopes from DHCP failover the partner server still believes the DHCP failover relationship was in existence.
After messing around a little longer I found out a work around. The error was occurring because I was using the same Relationship Name as before. Changing the Relationship Name to something else resolves the issue.
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Configure failover failed. Error: 20114: The DHCP Failover relationship already exists.
Despite removing the scopes from DHCP failover the partner server still believes the DHCP failover relationship was in existence.
After messing around a little longer I found out a work around. The error was occurring because I was using the same Relationship Name as before. Changing the Relationship Name to something else resolves the issue.
