DHCP Clustering on Windows 2003 - HELP!!!

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Hello everyone,

I have a few more questions regarding DHCP clustering that I hope someone
can help me with.

1. Is IIS required for clustering? During the configuration of the first
node on my cluster, I was prompted for the Windows 2003 CD.

2. Should the machine that is going to be used as the second node be
completely turned off during the intial Cluster configuration? When I did
that, I observed a messages referring the private NIC on the secondary not
being detected. In the
documentation that I've read, the instructions are to turn off all machine
that will be used as nodes on the cluster off to prevent corrupting the
DataBase. Are they referring to the
Cluster DataBase or the resource DataBase(DHCP). At this point, there is
no DHCP DataBase to corrupt, am I correct? Should I be leaving the
secondary machine on
duing the creation of the Cluster?

3. After the configuration of the first node on my cluster, a new drive
appeared ("F:") on the first node, but not on the second. Is this expected?
Is this the
drive that will be used for my FailOver? I noticed that the DHCP DataBase
is on this drive.

4. Is the creation of a Virtual Server required for a DHCP cluster, or
is it recreated automatically? When I try to create on, and select the DHCP
Service as a
resource, I get a error message referring to "Physical Disk". What should I
do?

5. When I do a "Initiate Fail Over", the resources do not move to my
secondary node. Although, when I launch DHCP on my second node, all of the
scope options and lease information are present.

6. Fail Over test: In the documentation that I've read, it is
recommended that the "Private Network" NIC be configured for "Node-Node"
communication only. And the "Public Network" be configured for ALL
communication. How can I test if the primary node is going to be detected
on the "Public Network" NIC? I
want to be able to test the complete transfer of rolls to the secondary
Node. How do I do this this? Which NIC is used to transfer the DHCP
DataBase to the secondary?

7. Can someone point me to some solid (informative) reference material
on clustering with DHCP on Windows 2003? Any book or website would be
GREATLY appriciated.

Thank you in advance,
Reginald Francois
rxf1@xxxxxxx


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