How to Migrate DHCP from Windows Server 2008 to 2012/2016
- Log on to the 2008 DHCP server.
- Open a command prompt as Administrator.
- On the Action menu (from within the DHCP management console), click “Backup”.
- Type
netsh dhcp server export C:\temp\dhcp.txt all
, and then press ENTER.
- Copy the exported DHCP text file to
C:\temp
of the new DHCP server.
- Open a command prompt as Administrator (on the 2012/2016)
- Type
netsh dhcp server import C:\temp\dhcp.txt all
, and then press ENTER
- Open DHCP console on the 2012/2016), in the console tree, right-click DHCP and Select “Authorize”.