backup DHCP server ?

i have configured my dhcp server with static mapping , which is that every
network node on my network will recieve a fix ip address depending on its
mac address, now i want to know is would it be a good idea to backup its
database up , & from that backup creat another DCHP server having exactly
same configuration ?

for backup DHCP purposes ?


thanks

Yes, that is indeed a good idea in my opinion, just make sure you don't
have both servers online at the same time unless you share the scope using
exclusion ranges. (Half the scope is excluded on one DHCP server, the other
half is excluded on the other, and that way they do not service the same
addresses in the db.)

For more info on this subject, see the section "A DHCP planning
alternative: configuring standby servers" in the Help topic "Planning DHCP
networks" on your computer or on the Web at
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window...fd1-e82b-4ded-
8fcd-aa8fe021fcc11033.mspx

(Note: if you are running W2K rather than WS03, there is a good tool for
migrating DHCP data called dhcpexim.exe at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000.../new/dhcpexim-
o.asp. This tool is for use with Windows 2000 server and NT 4 only.)

In Windows Server 2003 DHCP there is a Backup command and a Restore
command. You can use these to export the database configuration for import
on another server.

Instructions on how to do this are in the DHCP Help:

Manage databases
(http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window...6ba-1a09-42b5-
81c8-3ecca4ddde5e1033.mspx)

-- Back up the DHCP database
-- Move a DHCP database to another server
-- Restore the DHCP database



"S t i n g r a y" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> i have configured my dhcp server with static mapping , which is that
> every network node on my network will recieve a fix ip address
> depending on its mac address, now i want to know is would it be a good
> idea to backup its database up , & from that backup creat another DCHP
> server having exactly same configuration ?
>
> for backup DHCP purposes ?
>
>
> thanks
>
>
>



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