topic Re: Changing VMS Printer IP address in Operating System - OpenVMS

Changing VMS Printer IP address

prasad_35 — Thu, 10 May 2007 10:10:45 GMT

Hi ,

I am new to administration and trying to create a print Queue and assaign an Existing port (NTYnnn)on a VAX node.( I had deleted the existing queue and so I am creating the new one )

I am using these commands :

$ ntycp:= $multinet:ntycp
$ ntycp create port nty9969/node=xxxxxx/port=9969 (not executing this command since I want to use the existing port)
$ set terminal/permenant nty9969:/nobroadcast/notypeahead/nowrap
$initialize/queue/on=nty9969/processor=multinet_ntysmb/start_Queue: dallas_xxxx
$ show queue dallas_xxxx
Terminal queue DALLAS_xxxx, stalled, on DALLAS::NTY9969, mounted form GRPBIG
(stock=DEFAULT)
/BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FEED, FORM=DEFAULT) Lowercase /OWNER=[SYSTEM]
/PROCESSOR=MULTINET_NTYSMB /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S)

After creating Queue I am trying to print to it .. but once I start prining it says Printer queue is stalled.. I think I am missing some other step (which assaigns IP address etc.. )

I have updated an QUE_ALL.dAT file with the latest IP address .. Still I am having this issue.
Do I have to run any procedure/script so that the latest changes are updated..

Pl let me know how to do this change..

Re: Changing VMS Printer IP address

Richard Whalen — Thu, 10 May 2007 11:32:23 GMT

The NTYCP CREATE PORT is the command you need to specify the address and port on the remote node. See http://www.process.com/tcpip/mndocs52/ADMIN_GUIDE/Ch16.htm#E54E28 for documentation.

Re: Changing VMS Printer IP address

prasad_35 — Thu, 10 May 2007 16:01:54 GMT

Hi Richard,

Thanks for the response.. Since I want to assaign a new queue name to an Existing port I am having this problem..

Re: Changing VMS Printer IP address

Richard Whalen — Thu, 10 May 2007 16:11:22 GMT

Leave the existing queue name and device in place and then add a new queue name with the following command

$ init/queue/generic=(existing_queue_name) new_queue_name

Re: Changing VMS Printer IP address

Richard Whalen — Thu, 10 May 2007 16:15:31 GMT

Another thought:

use NTYCP DELETE to delete the existing nty9969 and then NTYCP CREATE to re-create it with the new ip address.

Re: Changing VMS Printer IP address

prasad_35 — Fri, 11 May 2007 13:53:49 GMT

Hi Richard,

I had created the new port 9901 and assaigned the IP address.

ntycp create port nty9901/node=xx.xx.x.xx/port=9100

Terminal queue DALLAS_xxxx, stalled, on DALLAS::NTY9901, mounted form DEFAULT
/BASE_PRIORITY=4 /DEFAULT=(FEED,FORM=DEFAULT) Lowercase /OWNER=[SYSTEM]
/PROCESSOR=MULTINET_NTYSMB /PROTECTION=(S:M,O:D,G:R,W:S)

Still having the problem.. Do I have to restart the server/run any procedure to make these chages effect ?

Re: Changing VMS Printer IP address

Richard Whalen — Fri, 11 May 2007 14:02:00 GMT

You shouldn't have to restart anything other than the queue.

Can you ping the printer's ip address?

Can you get some TCPDUMP when trying to print a file? (MULTINET TCPDUMP/VERBOSE HOST printers_ip_address)

Re: Changing VMS Printer IP address

prasad_35 — Thu, 31 May 2007 16:43:20 GMT

Hi ,

Thanks for all the Advices.

I could resolve myissue using the
Modify PORT command.

Meaning each time the ip address for a printer is changed, I am changing the IP address assaigned for that NTYdevice port.

Thanks,
Prasad.