Moving the DHCP server settings the easy way.
Server 2008 to Server 2016
- Log on to the old/existing 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:\dhcp.txt all, and then press ENTER.
- Install the DHCP role on the new DHCP server using Server Manager.
- Copy the exported DHCP text file to the desktop of the new DHCP server.
- Verify that the DHCP service is installed and started on the new DHCP server.
- Open a command prompt as Administrator (on the new server)
- Type netsh dhcp server import C:\dhcp.txt all, and then press ENTER
- Open DHCP management console on the new server.
- In the console tree, right-click DHCP Select “Authorise”
- On the old server check if it’s not Authorise, some times you have to right-click DHCP Select “Unauthorise”