Migrating DHCP in Windows 2003
On the old server:
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Open a command prompt and run
netsh dhcp server export C:\dhcp.txt all
- Copy c:\dhcp.txt over to the new server
On the new server:
- Install the DHCP role
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Open a command prompt and import the dhcp database you exported
netsh dhcp server import c:\dhcp.txt all
- Change the DNS / GW addresses under scope options if necessary.
- Un-Authorize / Stop the DHCP service on the old server,
- Authorize / Start DHCP on the new server: Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click DHCP. Right-click the server object, and then click Authorize (this is kind of a pain, I’ve found that restarting the DHCP server after you authorize it should get it working).