Adding the DHCP Server Role on Windows Server 2008
1. log on as the administrator of the local computer.
2. Open The Server Manager from Start – Server Manager , Server Manager windos appear. Expand the Server Manager
window to full-screen if necessary.
3. In the left-hand pane of Server Manager, double-click Roles.
4. Click Add Role. Click Next to bypass Welcome screen.
5. The Select Server Roles screen appears. Place a checkmark next to DHCP Server.
Click Next.
6. The Introduction to DHCP Server screen appears. click Next.
7. The Specify IPv4 DNS Server Settings screen appears. Enter the DNS Server IP Address information for your network configuration and click Next.
8. The Specify IPv4 WINS Server Settings screen appears. Enter WINS server IP Address for your network and click Next.
9. The Add or Edit DHCP Scopes screen appears. Click Add to create a DHCP scope
10. The Add Scope screen appears. Enter the appropriate information for your network
configuration, for example:
• Name: Example_Network
• Starting IP Address: 192.168.15.101
• Ending IP Address: 192.168.15.254
• Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
• Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
• Subnet type: Wired
11. Ensure that there is a checkmark next to Activate this scope, and then click OK. Click Next
12. The Configure DHCPv6 Stateless Mode screen appears. If You want to also use IPv6 then Select Enable Else Select Disable and click Next. If you enable follow the stapes like IPv4 to configure click Next.
13. The Authorize DHCP Server screen appears. Select authorize this DHCP
server in AD DS and click Next.
(Note: to authorize is Active Directory user must having enterprise admin group. You must authorize a DHCP server in Active Directory before the server can issue leases to DHCP clients.)
14. The Confirm Installation Selections screen appears. Click Install.
BACK UP DHCP Server
1. In the DHCP console, in the console tree, select the appropriate DHCP server.
2. Right-click the server and click Backup.
3. In the Browse For Folder dialog box, select the appropriate folder to back up to,
and then click OK
netsh dhcp server backup "C:\DHCPbackups.dmp
RESTORE DHCP SERVER
To restore the DHCP database, right-click the server and click Restore.
1. In the Browse For Folder dialog box, select the folder where the backup resides
and then click OK.
2. In the DHCP dialog box, click Yes to stop and then restart the service.
3. If the status of the service does not update, press F5 to refresh the DHCP console
OR by command line
netsh exec C:\ DHCPbackups.dmp