We are getting ready to do this as well for 50+ servers and just finished doing some of the same testing in our lab.
Netsh was great but very slow when done remotely (netsh -r). We plan to install the Remote Command Service (RCS) on all of our AD DC's which will let us run netsh "locally". The speed difference is like night and day, and we will get a lot of additional functionality from the RCS. -Rick Dayton --- "Burns, Clyde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ive used netsh to move the scopes from one server to > another. There were > some minor issues (documented in technet) but it > works fairly well. > Other things to try: > > >From the 2000 Server Resource Kit > Microsoft DHCP Database Export Import Tool - > DHCPEXIM.EXE > Just like the title says. An import/export tool. > I prefered netsh as > I could edit the script between servers. > DHCP Objects 1.0 - DHCPOBJS.EXE > dll to program against a dhcp server. It has > issues with scopes that > have more than 255 reservations. > > If anyone knows of any other type of automation tool > to use against a > dhcp server I would really like to hear about it. > > Clyde Burns > Norton Healthcare. > Louisville Ky. > > > _____ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Steve Rochford > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 7:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] DHCP/Netsh > > > You can't have 2 identical servers running at the > same time (you'd get > some exciting conflicts!) but you could dump your > working server and > keep the file safe. When your working server fails > you then just reload > the data into a "spare" server and your DHCP server > is back and running. > I'd guess it would make sense to do a scheduled dump > of this data at > regular intervals so that the file is always > reasonably up to date. > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 16 October 2003 17:13 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ActiveDir] DHCP/Netsh > > > > Everyone, > > > > Has anyone ever used Netsh to move DHCP to another > server? > > In Mark Minasi's book he talks about using it to > add another > DHCP server to your network by dumping it with Netsh > from one machine > and Exec it to another machine. > > He did not go into much detail but I did not think > you could > have identically configured DHCP server's on a > network. > > > > Thanks > > Jerry > > > > Scicom Data Services > > Minnetonka,Mn > > > > > > > > This message is confidential, intended only for the > named recipient(s) and may contain information that > is privileged or exempt from disclosure under > applicable law. Any patient health information must > be delivered immediately to intended recipient(s). > If you are not the intended recipient(s), you are > notified that the dissemination, distribution or > copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If > you receive this message in error, or are not the > named recipient(s), please notify the sender at > either the e-mail address or telephone number above > and discard this e-mail. Thank you. > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
