topic restoring printer configuration in Operating System - HP-UX

restoring printer configuration

vijila — Mon, 14 May 2007 23:04:13 GMT

Hi,

I have followed the following steps to resore the printer configuration. But it is not restoring the printers. Please go through this and let me know the error in the method what i have followed.

Save Spooler Configuration
On the source system using SAM --> Printers & Plotters --> LP Spooler --> Save/Restore Spooler Configuration.

Select Actions --> Save Spooler Configuration to save the configuration to /var/sam/lp

On the source system excute
# "tar cvf /var/tmp/printers.tar /var/sam/lp and transfer to target system.

Restore Spooler Configuration
On the target system excute "tar xvf printers.tar"

On the target system excute
# "chmod 755 /var/sam/lp"

Ensure the following is installed:-
# swlist | grep -i direct
J4189-11001C E.10.34 Hewlett-Packard JetDirect Printer Installer for Unix

On the target system
SAM --> Printers & Plotters --> LP Spooler --> Save/Restore Spooler Configuration.

Select Actions --> Restore Spooler Configuration
( to restore the configuration to /var/sam/lp).

Run the following command after restoring the printer/spooler configuration through SAM:
# /opt/hpnpl/bin/transferqueue local
Enter the queue name or all to modify all the queues : all

Thank you in advance
Vijila

Re: restoring printer configuration

Geoff Wild — Tue, 15 May 2007 08:03:17 GMT

THis is how I've done it:

echo "Backing up the spooler configuration to /var/sam/lp/lp.new....please wait..." ; /usr/sam/lbin/lpmgr -S -v -xsavedir=/var/sam/lp/ ; cp -r -p /var/sam/lp/lp.new/* /var/sam/lp/

tar cvf lp.tar /var/sam/lp/

scp that tarbal to new server.

tar xvf lp.tar

echo "Restoring the spooler configuration....please wait..."; /usr/sam/lbin/lpmgr -R -xsavedir=/var/sam/lp/

Rgds...Geoff

Re: restoring printer configuration

Tim Nelson — Tue, 15 May 2007 14:42:56 GMT

I have always done this with success with the same method you have mentioned.

execute "backup spooler config" in sam
tar up /var/sam/lp

untar on destination server
execute "recover spooler config"

Have not needed the transferqueue command

What is actually happening ? Errors ? Missing ?

Re: restoring printer configuration

Tor-Arne Nostdal — Fri, 18 May 2007 16:38:34 GMT

Do you have same version of HP-UX ?

I've done this many times with success, but mainly used same method as Geoff describe (as this is what sam actually does, but it's just faster than entering sam :-)

The only times I've experienced it failed was when copying printers from PA-Risc to Itanium.

This is due to a difference in the file structure for the software, but can be overcome by creating some links.

Remember that the scheduler should not run while you're restoring printers... and remember to start it again when you're finished ;-)

/Tor-Arne