DHCP Backup

Hi. Each month, I backup DHCP on my Windows Server 2003 machines by right clicking on the servername and selecting 'Backup'. I have a case where I need to restore from that backup, so I right clicked on the server name and chose the Restore option. A Window appears stating that the DHCP service needs to be restarted. However, my DHCP scope is still missing.

Any thoughts?

--TB

Another case of Windows backup functions at their finest.

You have probably already seen these:

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&&sa=X&e...709da665cc5c0f

Well, I know how to go through the motions......at least I thought I did. When I backed up DHCP, I saved the config to C:\DHCP Backup and then copy that folder to a network drive for safe keeping. The backup consists of a file called Dhcpcfg, which must be a binary file since it's unreadable. There is also a folder called 'new'. Inside that folder are various log files which coincide with the dates I performed the backup, along with dhcp.pat and dhcp.mdb. From what I can see, everything looks fine......it just doesn't work.

I have just boxed the server up to ship it to the site. I'll try again on Monday. As luck would have it, it's a small office so it won't take long to recreate the scope from scratch, but I think this was an excellent test that apparently has failed.

--TB

For those that want to know, I found a resolution, tested, and confirmed it works:

netsh dhcp server export c:\dhcp.txt all

Copy dhcp.txt to the destination server

netsh dhcp server import c:\dhcp.txt all

The thread can be marked 'Resolved'

--TB

Thanks for the update. Another case of Command Line beats GUI.