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Migrated them to the new server and everything went flawlessly, just as you indicated. &nbsp;Nobody even noticed a change. &nbsp;Thanks for your help!
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Migrated them to the new server and everything went flawlessly, just as you indicated.  Nobody even noticed a change.  Thanks for your help!

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My customer's network has about 20 PCs on it. &nbsp;I have two servers with the DHCP Server role installed--an old one, which currently handles all DHCP requests, and a new one, which is presently unconfigured. &nbsp;<br />
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Given that this is a small, relatively unchanging network, can I migrate from one server to the other while clients are online and working, provided I do it quickly? &nbsp;I'd use the following procedure: &nbsp;export DHCP data from old server, stop DHCP server service on old server, import DHCP data on new server, authorize new server, deauthorize old server. &nbsp;I can't imagine this would interrupt client connectivity if done quickly, but perhaps I'm wrong?
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My customer's network has about 20 PCs on it.  I have two servers with the DHCP Server role installed--an old one, which currently handles all DHCP requests, and a new one, which is presently unconfigured.  

Given that this is a small, relatively unchanging network, can I migrate from one server to the other while clients are online and working, provided I do it quickly?  I'd use the following procedure:  export DHCP data from old server, stop DHCP server service on old server, import DHCP data on new server, authorize new server, deauthorize old server.  I can't imagine this would interrupt client connectivity if done quickly, but perhaps I'm wrong?

Migrating MS DHCP Server on small network while clients are active

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an auto configuration protocol used on IP networks and an extension of the Bootstrap Protocol. DHCP allows for computers to be configured automatically to communicate with each other over an IP network without the need for manual setup by a network administrator. The implementation of DHCP relies on a DHCP server to hand out network configuration information to DHCP-capable clients that request an IP address (and other information required or useful in communicating with other devices on an IP network). In addition to an IP address, common configuration information served over DHCP includes a default gateway, subnet mask and DNS sever(s).

DHCP

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