Printer configuration

UNIX AIX
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We are moving production from a 6.1 AIX server to a cluster 7.1 servers.
I am asked to set up the printers exactly the way it was on 6.1.server.
How do i copy the printer configurations?
Will copying /etc/qconfig file work?
Please help me.
thanks in advance!

2

This will at least help. Still there are some other points which may or may not apply to you:

  • To make this work you also need to install the necessary drivers on the new system.

  • If you have a firewalled network (like one of my customers, who has a firewall between every two servers) you need to unlock the necessary ports (515, maybe others) for your new machines too.

  • If you have changed the printer backend from the default you might need to copy also the "rembak" script(s).

  • Finally, make sure the printer subsystem is started upon system start. Check with "lssrc".

I hope this helps.

bakunin

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How are you moving? are you migrating the OS from 6.1 to 7.1 on existing hardware or you are changing the hardware too?

If you use the same mksysb image (same or different hardware/same IP address) to migrate to 7.1, things will be much easier and I doubt you need any additional configuration.
But if you are changing the IP address, then you need to concentrate on the points bakunin presented.