HOW TO SWITCH DHCP SERVER

BELOW IS THE STEP BY STEP PROCESS TO SWICH DHCP SERVER FROM OLD TO NEW:

1. Log on to the source DHCP server by using an account that is a member of the local Administrators group.
2. Click Start, click Run, type cmd in the Open box, and then click OK.

3. Type netsh dhcp server export C:\dhcp.txt all , and then press ENTER.

4. Move the file to a network location
    If your are not enterprise admininistraor then contact your enterprise administrator 
    to complete below steps:
5. Authorize the new server
6. Change the IP-Address to another one and shutdown the Server.

Note: You must have local administrator permissions to export the data.

Import the DHCP database
1. Logon to the new Server and Change the IP-Address to the old DHCP Server Address
2. Copy the exported DHCP database file to the local hard disk of the Windows Server 2008-
     based computer.
3. Verify that the DHCP service is started on the Windows Server 2008-based computer.
4. Click Start, click Run, type cmd in the Open box, and then click OK.
5. At the command prompt, type netsh dhcp server import c:\dhcpdatabase.txt all , and then
    press ENTER, where c:\dhcpdatabase.txt is the full path and file name of the database file
    that you copied to the server.
(Check with your enterprise administrator is the new DHCP IP address same as old server if not tell him/her change that maually.)