How to move remote printer configurations from 10.20 server to 11.0 server

[Andrew Chen_1]

Hi,

We are migrating applications from a server running HPUX 10.20 to another server that is running HPUX 11.00, is there a way to move printer configurations to this HPUX 11.0 server without losing existing printer configurations?

Thanks in advance,
Andrew

[James R. Ferguson]

Andrew:

Here's a thread that discussed (and addressed) this need:

http://my1.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0x76fe6c96588ad4118fef0090279cd0f9!1,00.html

...JRF...

[Victor BERRIDGE]

I dont quite understand, if your printers are local to your HPUX10.20 box and you are migrating an apps to another HPUX11 box and want to keep the config, then it seems logical to declare on the HPUX11 box your HPUX10.20 printers as remote printers. Using SAM to perform this tasks is dead easy...

Good luck

Victor

[Andrew Chen_1]

Apologize for not making myself clear. What I have right now on the server 10.20 are a bunch of remote printer configurations, there are also some printer configurations on server that I am migrating applications.

I know how to move printer configurations from one server to another server, but this would mean that I will lose my existing printer configurations on server that is running HPUX 11.00. My question is that if there is a way to merge printer configurations together from these two servers.

[NAJMUS]

hi
you can do it by backuping the above folder :
/etc/lp,/usr/spool/lp,/var/spoll/lp
from your 10.20 server,then restore them to you new server without losing the existing printer.
Regards

[Tommy Palo]

I have a script addRemotePrinter:

#!/usr/bin/ksh

if [ $# != 3 ]; then
echo
echo "Required arguments are: LOCALNAME REMSYS REMNAME"
echo
exit
fi

LOCALNAME=$1
REMSYS=$2
REMNAME=$3

#* Stop the lp scheduler.
/usr/sbin/lpshut

#* Add the printer to the lp spooler.
/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p$LOCALNAME -orm$REMSYS -orp$REMNAME -mrmodel -v/dev/null -orc -ocmrcmodel -osmrsmodel

#* Tell the lp scheduler to accept print requests for it.
/usr/sbin/accept $LOCALNAME

#* Tell the lp scheduler to enable it to print accepted print requests.
/usr/bin/enable $LOCALNAME

#* Start the lp scheduler with logging turned off.
/usr/sbin/lpsched



Run "lpstat -v" on both servers to get a list of all printers, and then run the above script for all the printers on each server.