I don't know you specifi situation i can tell you my experience.
I needed a backup printer server.
Two hundred client was using it (Windows 98, NT , 2000).
I gave another name to the new server (SRVPRINTER02)
The old was SRVPRINTER01.
I created the same queues of SRVPRINTER01 by PrintMigrator3 on SRVPRINTER02.
After the SRVPRINTER01 is off-line.
When the server SRVPRINTER01 crashes I
1) rename SRVPRINTER02 in SRVPRINTER01
2) give the same IP address of SRVPRINTER01 in SRVPRINTER02
3) make on-line the new SRVPRINTER01 and in the same Domain-situation of the old SRVPRINTER01
For all the client that is absolutely transparent so I need to change anything because the client use NETBIOS
resolution (ES: \\srvprinter01\HPLASERJ3)
or IP / Netbios resolution
(ES: \\172.16.16.1\HPLASERJ3)
I hope that is useful
From: Bjelke John A Contr AFRL/VSIO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Scripting question
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 23:07:35 -0000
Stefano,
PrintMig3 is what I have used to copy the print queues to the new
server, but I fail to see how it will assist me in repointing 2000 client
systems.... is there something I am missing?
-----Original Message-----
From: stefano tufillaro [mailto:stufillaro@;hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 2:54 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Scripting question
Print Migrator 3
Microsoft
no cost
>From: Roger Seielstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Scripting question
>Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:06:10 -0400
>
>WSH as the ability to do that - shouldn't be that hard.
>
>I don't have the book handy, but I think either Tim Hill's or Thomas Eck's
>books covers that in detail.
>
>------------------------------------------------------
>Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE
>Sr. Systems Administrator
>Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity
>Atlanta, GA
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bjelke John A Contr AFRL/VSIO
> > [mailto:John.Bjelke@;kirtland.af.mil]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 9:37 AM
> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Scripting question
> >
> >
> > Hey folks...
> > I need to automate repointing print queues on ~2000 clients to a
> > different print server and retain user settings on each
> > queue... does anyone
> > know how to RENAME a registry key, either in VB, Perl, C++,
> > or WSH? I can
> > pull the value and create a new key to the same printer name
> > on the new
> > server, but that doesn't retain the settings. Any suggestions are
> > appreciated. Thanks!
> >
> > John A. Bjelke
> > Unisys
> > 505.853.6774
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > A conclusion is simply the place where you got tired of thinking.
> >
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