Ill look forward to how you explain that x amount of devices dont get IP leases then :(
Gavin Wilby IT Support Engineer -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Leone Sent: 10 March 2015 16:34 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Advice: migrating DHCP from Win 2008R2 DC to Win2012 non-DC, then decommision Win2008R2 On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Gavin Wilby <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > How many switches do you have that need programming up. Couple hundred, I am told .... > Id be tempted to: > > Spin up the new DHCP server. > Get it authorised on the domain. > Export out the DHCP from the old server/ import to the new one. > Stop the DHCP services on the Old. > Change the helper IP on the switch to the new. > > That’s way if anything goes wrong, just restart DHCP on the old server and > change the helper IP's back again. That is the way I *want* to do it. But the boss doesn't,because he doesn't want the time and effort to edit 200+ switches ... SMP Partners Limited, SMP Trustees Limited and SMP Fund Services Limited are licensed by the Isle of Man Financial Supervision Commission. SMP Accounting & Tax Limited is a member of the ICAEW Practice Assurance Scheme. SMP Partners Limited registered in the Isle of Man, Company Registration No: 000908V Directors: M.W. Denton, M.J. Derbyshire, P.N. Eckersley, S.E McGowan, O. Peck, J.J. Scott, S.J. Turner SMP Trustees Limited registered in the Isle of Man, Company Registration No: 068396C Directors: A.C. Baggesen, M.W. Denton, O. Peck, J.J. Scott, J. Watterson, J. Cubbon SMP Fund Services Limited registered in the Isle of Man, Company Registration No: 120288C Directors: V. Campbell, M.W. Denton, P.N. Eckersley, D.A. Manser, S.E McGowan, O. Peck, J.J. Scott, R.K. Corkill SMP Accounting & Tax Limited registered in the Isle of Man, Company Registration No: 001316V Directors: I.F. Begley, A.J. Dowling, P. Duchars, P.N. Eckersley, J.J. Scott, S.J. Turner SMP Capital Markets Limited registered in the Isle of Man, Company Registration No: 002438V Directors: M.W. Denton, M.J. Derbyshire, D.F Hudson, S.E McGowan, O. Peck, J.J. Scott. SMP Partners Limited, SMP Trustees Limited, SMP Fund Services Limited, SMP Accounting & Tax Limited and SMP Capital Markets Limited are members of the SMP Partners Group of Companies. This email is confidential and is subject to disclaimers. Details can be found at: http://www.smppartners.com/disclaimer.asp ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________

