Printer migration

[mukesh_a]

Hi All ,
we are migrating my hp-ux 11.11 server from old to new one and our old server we have the 500 printer , it's very difficult to setup all the printer manully in new server can some body help me to copy printer from old server to new server what are those file which are required to work entire printer smoothly.

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Mukesh,

The easiest method is;
# sam ->Printers & Plotters ->LP Spooler -> Save/Restore Spooler Configuration.

Save - will store the data in /var/sam/lp. Copy that directory to your new host and Restore.

Hope this helps,
Robert-Jan

[skt_skt]

you dont need to keep the spooler down while save the printer config.While restoring stop sppoler and start once the restore is completed.


/usr/sam/lbin/lpmgr -S -xsavedir=/var/sam/lp.backup

tarnsfer lp.backup to target and replace /var/sam/lp

at target(default recovery location is /var/sam/lp)

/usr/sam/lbin/lpmgr -R

[skt_skt]

at the traget.

chown -R lp:bin /var/sam/lp

chown -R lp:lp /var/sam/lpmember /var/sam/lpinterface

Comapre with the source if permission is simialar too

[skt_skt]

at the traget.

chown -R lp:bin /var/sam/lp

chown -R lp:lp /var/sam/lp/member /var/sam/lp/interface

Comapre with the source if permission is simialar too

[mukesh_a]

Thanks All for youe valuable answer

[mukesh_a]

one more clarification ,

Already few printers are avaiable in target printer once i will restore the /var/sam/lp
it will disturb the existing printer

[skt_skt]

you will lose the existing one on the target.

[mukesh_a]

How can i save those along with new ?

[skt_skt]

I would say replicate those print queus to to(i hope thay are less in count) to the source server in this scenario. Later restore all of them to the target. This is one option i feel..