How to migrate DHCP settings from an old DHCP server to a new DHCP server

If the DHCP server operating system is WINODWS Server 2003, you can use method one. If the DHCP server operating system is WINODWS Server 2000, you can use method two.

Method One

1. Run the command at a command prompt at the original DHCP server:

netsh dhcp server export :\dhcp.txt all

2. Stop the original DHCP Server service when the prompts are shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1 Prompt after completion of command

3. After you copy the files to the new DHCP server C disk, at the command prompt, use the following command:

netsh dhcp server import c:\dhcp.txt all

4. After the "command completes successfully", open the administrative tool "DHCP" and activate DHCP.

Method Two

1. First download a DHCP Export import tool Dhcpexim from Microsoft website, download address is: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/new/dhcpexim-o.asp.

2. After downloading, double-click the Dhcpexim_setup.exe installation at the new and old DHCP server, follow the prompts to install it by default.

3. After installation, click C:\Program Files\Resource Kit Directory Dhcpexim Run, will pop up Figure 2 window, select "Export ...", then click OK.

Figure 2 Dhcpexim window