Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
Windows 2000 and Windows NT Server 4.0 are designed to automatically compact the DHCP server database. However, if you are using Windows NT Server version 3.51 or earlier, the database might need to be compacted after DHCP has been running for awhile to improve performance. You should compact the DHCP database whenever it approaches 30 MB.
You can use the Jetpack.exe utility provided with Windows NT Server 3.5 and 3.51 to compact a DHCP database. Jetpack.exe is a command-line utility that is run in the Windows NT Server command window. The utility is found in the
The Jetpack.exe syntax is:
Jetpack.exe database_name temp_database_name
For example:
CD%SystemRoot% \SYSTEM32\DHCP
JETPACK DHCP.MDB TMP.MDB
In the preceding example, Tmp.mdb is a temporary database that is used by Jetpack.exe. Dhcp.mdb is the DHCP server database file.
When Jetpack.exe is started, it performs the following tasks:
To compact the DHCP database