This script MUST be run on a 2012 server<\/p>\n
#you define some share ( eg \\server1dhcpbackup$ \u00a0, and DNS suffix eg my.domain.com<\/p>\n
#remove any variables that might have been stored, otherwise it has a bit of a wobble.
\nRemove-Variable dhcpServer
\nRemove-Variable dhcpServers<\/p>\n
#we are going to do a check first for all files\/folders that are older than X days ( you specify in the code )
\n# set folder path
\n$folderloc = “\\somesharedhcpbackups$”<\/p>\n
# set min age of files
\n$max_days = “70”<\/p>\n
# get the current date
\n$curr_date = Get-Date<\/p>\n
# determine how far back we go based on current date
\n$del_date = $curr_date.AddDays($max_days)<\/p>\n
# delete the files
\nGet-ChildItem $folderloc -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.LastWriteTime -lt $del_date } | Remove-Item -Recurse -Confirm:$False<\/p>\n
#this bit finds all the servers ( in the DC !) and only returns the chosen suffx\u00a0ones as there are ones in the US
\n$dhcpServers= Get-DhcpServerInDC | where-object {$_.dnsname \u2013match \u201cdns suffix\u201d}<\/p>\n
#going to prepare a timestamp system now. l33t style.
\n$CurrentDate = Get-Date
\n$CurrentDate = $CurrentDate.ToString(‘dd-MM-yyyy_hh-mm-ss’)<\/p>\n
#this bit loops and does the dhcp backup. Backs up the files locally to the path you can see, then copys the file to the $severloc ( which is in
\n#essence just the dhcpservers dns name )
\nforeach($dhcpServer in $dhcpServers){
\n$serverloc = $dhcpServer.DnsName
\n$from = “\\$serverlocc$DHCPBackups”
\nbackup-dhcpserver -ComputerName $dhcpserver.DnsName -Path “c:DHCPBackups”
\nCopy-Item $from \\somesharedhcpbackups$$CurrentDate$serverloc -Recurse }<\/p>\n
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This script MUST be run on a 2012 server #you define some share ( eg \\server1dhcpbackup$ \u00a0, and DNS suffix eg my.domain.com #remove any variables that might have been stored, otherwise it has a bit of a wobble. Remove-Variable dhcpServer Remove-Variable dhcpServers #we are going to do a check first for all files\/folders that are … <\/p>\n