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#1 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 11:54 AM

Hi All,

We are moving a production application to a new server and we need to
move any queued up print jobs that may be left of some of the print
queues from one server to another. Is there any good wat? Itried
moving the /var/spool/qdaemon file for the queue and the /var/spool/
lpd/qdir file for the printer. I see the job queued on my new system
but I can'd do much with it. I can delete it or get it to print.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

BTNA

#2 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 11:54 AM

On Nov 6, 1:13 pm, btna <b...@terra.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> We are moving a production application to a new server and we need to
> move any queued up print jobs that may be left of some of the print
> queues from one server to another. Is there any good wat? Itried
> moving the /var/spool/qdaemon file for the queue and the /var/spool/
> lpd/qdir file for the printer. I see the job queued on my new system
> but I can'd do much with it. I can delete it or get it to print.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> BTNA

why aren't the print jobs printing ?
you could set up another printer queue and forward the output to that.
I tried "migrating" the files for the printer queues, caused me a lot
of headaches; ended up recreating them

#3 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 11:54 AM

On Nov 5, 7:13 pm, btna <b...@terra.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> We are moving a production application to a new server and we need to
> move any queued up print jobs that may be left of some of the print
> queues from one server to another. Is there any good wat? Itried
> moving the /var/spool/qdaemon file for the queue and the /var/spool/
> lpd/qdir file for the printer. I see the job queued on my new system
> but I can'd do much with it. I can delete it or get it to print.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> BTNA

>From an earlier post in this group a couple of years ago.
Haven't tried it myself, but here goes.

to move a bunch of print queues when migrating

For the print queues - copy over /etc/qconfig, /var/spool/lpd/pio/
@local
(and the subdirectories of @local) and you'll be set.

#4 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 11:54 AM

<aixdude@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1194364207.625446.141030@k79g2000hse.googlegr oups.com...
> On Nov 5, 7:13 pm, btna <b...@terra.com> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> We are moving a production application to a new server and we need to
>> move any queued up print jobs that may be left of some of the print
>> queues from one server to another. Is there any good wat? Itried
>> moving the /var/spool/qdaemon file for the queue and the /var/spool/
>> lpd/qdir file for the printer. I see the job queued on my new system
>> but I can'd do much with it. I can delete it or get it to print.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> BTNA
>
>>From an earlier post in this group a couple of years ago.
> Haven't tried it myself, but here goes.
>
> to move a bunch of print queues when migrating
>
> For the print queues - copy over /etc/qconfig, /var/spool/lpd/pio/
> @local
> (and the subdirectories of @local) and you'll be set.

Copying the print queues is fairly easy (copy /etc/qconfig and
/var/spool/lpd/pio/@local subdirectories as suggested above).
If you really want to copy the print JOBS themselves ... copy the JDF files
in /var/spool/lpd/qdir and the spooled copies of queued jobs in
/var/spool/qdaemon.
HOWEVER - not every job spools a copy so it is possible to queue a print job
on system A that prints the original file on system A. That file may not
exist on system B.

#5 (**permalink**) 01-05-2008, 11:54 AM

On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 23:23:33 GMT, <laixsoft@laixsoft.com> wrote:

>
><aixdude@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:1194364207.625446.141030@k79g2000hse.googleg roups.com...
>> On Nov 5, 7:13 pm, btna <b...@terra.com> wrote:
....
>>> We are moving a production application to a new server and we need to
>>> move any queued up print jobs that may be left of some of the print
>>> queues from one server to another.
>
>Copying the print queues is fairly easy (copy /etc/qconfig and
>/var/spool/lpd/pio/@local subdirectories as suggested above).
>If you really want to copy the print JOBS themselves ... copy the JDF files
>in /var/spool/lpd/qdir and the spooled copies of queued jobs in
>/var/spool/qdaemon.
>HOWEVER - not every job spools a copy so it is possible to queue a print job
>on system A that prints the original file on system A. That file may not
>exist on system B.

As was pointed out, a job in a queue does not mean that the data for
that job is in the queue itself. I would recommend:

1. Set up the queue on the "new" queue server.
2. Establish a new print queue on the each of the servers with
existing queues that send the job to a remote print queue if the
destination queue is not local.
3. Use the <qmov> command to move the job to the appropriate queue

That way, if the job is based on a local file, the job and its data
will be sent to the remote machine.

-- David

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