Powershell – Backup Multiple DHCP Databases to SMB Share

Quick script to backup DHCP databases from various Windows 2008R2 site servers to a central file share.

# server site codes
$siteCodes = @('PDX','NYC','LAX')

# set backup path
$backupRoot = "\\my-fps.contoso.com\some-share\backups\dhcp"

# copy the DHCP backups over to MY-FPS
ForEach ($x in $siteCodes) {
	$path = "\\$x-ad.contoso.com\c$\windows\system32\dhcp\backup"
	Copy-Item $path -Destination $backupRoot\$x -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}