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DhcpServer Error 1014

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by lcave

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I frequently find the aforementioned error in the Server Logs. When I look up the error on Microsoft, their fix is to restore a backup copy of the database. I have done this on at least one occasion, yet the problem returns. What is the happeningto the DHCP database and what can I do to prevent a return of the problem?

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by mark neller

This event happens when you move the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
database and its backup directories from the default location. When the DHCP
server is initially installed, its database is stored in
%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\DHCP and the backup directory is set to
%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\DHCP\BACKUP\JET. The DHCP database remembers all attached
database directories and files in the SYSTEM.MDB file. If the database and
backup directories are moved, the backup fails because it tries to backup the
database from the old and new locations, but cannot find the database file in
the old location.

To work around this problem when you move the database:

1. Copy the original Windows NT SYSTEM.MD_ file from the Windows NT compact disc
to your hard drive.

2. Run the %SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\EXPAND.EXE program to expand SYSTEM.MD_ to
SYSTEM.MDB.

3. Copy SYSTEM.MDB to the new database location.

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