How to Migrate DHCP to a New Windows Server

Date April 23, 2009 Author By kadmin Category Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008

DHCP Dump

On the current server, use netsh to dump your DHCP settings to a text file:

netsh -c dhcp server 192.168.5.9 scope 192.168.5.0 dump > c:dhcpdump.txt

Note – the line above should use your actual server IP and scope.

DHCP Import

On the new server, use netsh to execute a the dump file you just created:
netsh exec c:dhcpdump.txt

Note – you should edit the dump file to include the IP of the new server before importing it.