Server 2012 R2
I get that error message when clicking next in the Failover Wizard after specifying the partner server, but I don't understand it.
In trying to research how to setup a failover DHCP the one thing I didn't understand or find was the name and range of the scopes between the primary and failover DHCP server.
Initially I thought the failover scope should be the same as the regular scope, so I set everything up the same on the second DHCP, but obviously that was incorrect. Then I used a different name and different range, but it still showed the same error. I can't find anything to explain what I should have setup.
Can someone clear that up for me?
Added after initial post:
The range on my primary DHCP server is 192.168.3.100 to 192.168.3.199.
Best Answer
While this answer is simple I'm posting it here because if anyone else attempts a DHCP failover setup as I did and they received this error, then hopefully this will help them.
Sometimes it's not apparent on the web pages showing a failover configuration that the 'Configure Failover' wizard is not run from the DHCP server that will be the 'failover server'.
The 'Configure failover' wizard should be run from the DHCP server that is looking to have a 'failover server' partner.