How to Move DHCP Server to Windows Server 2008 R2 ------------------------------------------------- 1. Add Windows Server Migration Tools feature on the destination Windows 2008 R2 DHCP Server 2. Create a migration package # Switch to ServerMigrationTools directory cd %windir%\System32\ServerMigrationTools # For Windows Server 2003 x64 source server SmigDeploy.exe /package /architecture AMD64 /os ws03 /path c:\tools # For Windows Server 2003 x86 source server SmigDeploy.exe /package /architecture x86 /os ws03 /path c:\tools # For Windows Server 2008 (R2) x64 source server SmigDeploy.exe /package /architecture AMD64 /os ws08 /path c:\tools # For Windows Server 2008 x86 source server SmigDeploy.exe /package /architecture x86 /os ws08 /path c:\tools 3. Install migration tools prerequisites on the source Windows Server 2003 DHCP server 3.1 Install Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 # Windows Server 2003 (x64)/Win 2003 R2 package: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=B44A0000-ACF8-4FA1-AFFB-40E78D788B00 # Windows Server 2003 (x86) package: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&displaylang=en 3.2 Install PowerShell 1.0 # Windows Server 2003 (x64)/Win 2003 R2 package: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=8913EEC8-B8AD-4889-AD85-A113F13441C5&displaylang=en # Windows Server 2003 (x86) package: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=10EE29AF-7C3A-4057-8367-C9C1DAB6E2BF&displaylang=en 4. Install the created migration package SmigDeploy.exe 5. Get a list of the features available for migration Get-SmigServerFeature 6. Export DHCP DB from the source Windows 2003 DHCP server Export-SmigServerSetting -FeatureId dhcp -Path YourPath -Verbose 7. Disable DHCP service on the Source Windows 2003 DHCP Server 8. Import the DHCP DB into the new Windows 2008 R2 DHCP server Import-SmigServerSetting -FeatureId DHCP -Path YourPath -Verbose 9. Start DHCP service on Windows 2008 R2 DHCP server 10. Authorize Windows 2008 R2 DHCP server 11. Unauthorize Windows 2003 R2 DHCP server