problem creating que and hppi -s

[rmueller58]

We had to restore from backup last night.. I am having trouble now creating print ques with hppi / jetadmin in HP/UX 11.0

Do I need to reinstall the jetadmin software on my N-Class.

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Rex

What did you restore?

If the OS then yes a re-install is required.

Paula

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Rex,

Depends entirely on how/what you backed up.
Can you post your backup command?

Rgds,
Jeff

[rmueller58]

we used frecover?

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Rex,

Well, if you used frecover to restore - you had to use fbackup to back it up.
Now it's possible that you used backup levels (-u #) for incremental backups on the command line. If you did then you need to restore the lowest level first, followed by the next lowest, etc. The lower the level - the more complete the backup - higher levels are incrementals.
Check to see if you have a /var/adm/fbackupfiles/dates file - if so you were using this scheme. Then track down the lowest level tape, restore it & work up the levels.

IF you need JetAdmin et.al. back quickly - you'll have to reinstall it.

You should probably check the /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root file to see just what fbackup command(s) you run & when. And do a man fbackup for further fbackup details - such as graph files (-g filename).

HTH,
Jeff

[rmueller58]

We did a full backup using fbackup and restore with frecover..

[rmueller58]

doing swinstall on the SD file again.. anyone think of any problems?

[Jeff Schussele]

How are you trying to add - SAM?

Jeff

[rmueller58]

reinstalled using swinstall..

tried adding printer.. but
interface file is not created..

[rmueller58]

lp: destination "wstweshp5si" non-existent

The above error occurs..

[rmueller58]

try to create using the
addqueue command as well. see below a script i've written..

::
addqueue -h 205.202.254.221 -q wstweshp5si -b off
lp -dwstweshp5si /tmp/test

[Jeff Schussele]

Make sure you can resolve the hostname for the destination queue - either in the /etc/hosts file or thru DNS.

Jeff

[rmueller58]

not using DNS using IP address... behind firewall..

[Sandip Ghosh]

By any chance , if you have the print queue in another server you can transfer it to this server by the command transferqueue

Sandip

[MANOJ SRIVASTAVA]

Hi Rex

How does the server resolve the printer name wstweshp5si . Do a nslookup and may be u need to edit /etc/hosts with the IP and the name of the printer. Then try to ping it by name , once that goes through then may be you install the printer and get going.


Manoj Srivastava

[rmueller58]

addqueue -h 205.202.254.221

the addqueue -h 205.202.254.221 command setups the PERIPHERAL variable in the interface file only

It "appears as though hppi and addqueue are not creating the file as they are suppose too..

[Jeff Schussele · Accepted solution]

Rex,

Can you telnet to the destination IP & inquire what the queue name is or if it exists?

Rgds,
Jeff

[Jeff Schussele]

Rex,

Note that the IP must be reachable & the printer powered up as the addqueue will query the printer to determine the correct printer script.
You can use the -i param & specify the script & the printer will be added w/o a query.

See the following thread:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xaaa6e7e60861d511abcd0090277a778c,00.html

Here are other relevant threads:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x1c631012aa92d5118ff10090279cd0f9,00.html

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xd2945220af9bd5118ff10090279cd0f9,00.html

HTH,
Jeff