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No, that clears it up. &nbsp; I just needed someone else to confirm what I thought since I was seeing conflicting write ups on different sites. &nbsp; Thanks Ryan.
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No, that clears it up.   I just needed someone else to confirm what I thought since I was seeing conflicting write ups on different sites.   Thanks Ryan.

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Okay. &nbsp;I need someone to clarify something for me. &nbsp; I am wanting to build a 2012R2 DHCP cluster. &nbsp;Most places I read, with 2012R2 you actually dont need to build a Windows cluster with shared storage like you had to do in the past. &nbsp;You only install the DHCP roles on both servers, setup (or import existing) scopes onto one of the boxes. &nbsp;Then use the failover function in DHCP to set up the cluster. &nbsp;Both DHCP databases constantly replicate information back and forth (depending on if you have it set for Load balancing or Hot Standby). &nbsp; Now this morning I read on a forum where a user said you had to set up a Windows cluster. &nbsp; I dont believe that to be true. &nbsp;Just trying to save myself some work. &nbsp;So, the 500 point question remains. &nbsp; Do I or do I not have to create a windows cluster.....
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Okay.  I need someone to clarify something for me.   I am wanting to build a 2012R2 DHCP cluster.  Most places I read, with 2012R2 you actually dont need to build a Windows cluster with shared storage like you had to do in the past.  You only install the DHCP roles on both servers, setup (or import existing) scopes onto one of the boxes.  Then use the failover function in DHCP to set up the cluster.  Both DHCP databases constantly replicate information back and forth (depending on if you have it set for Load balancing or Hot Standby).   Now this morning I read on a forum where a user said you had to set up a Windows cluster.   I dont believe that to be true.  Just trying to save myself some work.  So, the 500 point question remains.   Do I or do I not have to create a windows cluster.....

2012R2 DHCP cluster

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an auto configuration protocol used on IP networks and an extension of the Bootstrap Protocol. DHCP allows for computers to be configured automatically to communicate with each other over an IP network without the need for manual setup by a network administrator. The implementation of DHCP relies on a DHCP server to hand out network configuration information to DHCP-capable clients that request an IP address (and other information required or useful in communicating with other devices on an IP network). In addition to an IP address, common configuration information served over DHCP includes a default gateway, subnet mask and DNS sever(s).