Print Services - Migrate from one server to another
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So this question was asked of me (I don't quite know why) but was "Is there a way to move the print services from one server onto another server?"
To which I immediately thought, there has to be, even if manually (even though manually would be painful). I responded with a "I'll have to investigate that as I've not had to do this"
So has anyone moved the print services from one server to another (automatiagically)?
Server 2008 R2 is the existing platform, GPO's push the printers out to our clients.
I could just recreate all of the printers on the new server, and update the GPO, just curious what others might have done.
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So there appears to be a guide on microsoft's site to do this from 2008 R2 to Server 2012.
What if I wanted to migrate to a Linux print server?
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@DustinB3403 said in Print Services - Migrate from one server to another:
GPO's push the printers out to our clients.
I could just recreate all of the printers on the new server, and update the GPOI've pretty much done that. Add to that an email to users to check their default printer the next day because it sometimes changes when the printers get remapped.
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@Mike-Davis said in Print Services - Migrate from one server to another:
@DustinB3403 said in Print Services - Migrate from one server to another:
GPO's push the printers out to our clients.
I could just recreate all of the printers on the new server, and update the GPOI've pretty much done that. Add to that an email to users to check their default printer the next day because it sometimes changes when the printers get remapped.
I would create a new GPO instead of updating the GPO for reporting reasons. You can do a report and see how is getting the new GPO, once you feel almost all clients have the new GPO, you can unlink the old GPO. Otherwise, you have to trust that GPO is being "updated" vs applied.
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@IRJ So create the printers on the new print server and create a new GPO as well and then push that new GPO to overwrite the old settings.
This would mean you'd have double the printers, unless you modified the old GPO to remove the printers from \old-server\
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@DustinB3403 said in Print Services - Migrate from one server to another:
@IRJ So create the printers on the new print server and create a new GPO as well and then push that new GPO to overwrite the old settings.
This would mean you'd have double the printers, unless you modified the old GPO to remove the printers from \old-server\
Yes you would have double for a short period of time during the transition, but this ensures that you never lose printing.
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@IRJ said in Print Services - Migrate from one server to another:
@DustinB3403 said in Print Services - Migrate from one server to another:
@IRJ So create the printers on the new print server and create a new GPO as well and then push that new GPO to overwrite the old settings.
This would mean you'd have double the printers, unless you modified the old GPO to remove the printers from \old-server\
Yes you would have double for a short period of time during the transition, but this ensures that you never lose printing.
and causes dozens of calls from my users
- yep, it's different, they must call, doesn't matter that it's still working. -
@DustinB3403 said in Print Services - Migrate from one server to another:
So there appears to be a guide on microsoft's site to do this from 2008 R2 to Server 2012.
What if I wanted to migrate to a Linux print server?
Yep MS has a tool that will backup all printers, settings and drivers, then you move the archive it creates to the new server, run the tool again, it creates them all, and shares them all, printers themselves done.
As for the Clients (PCs) see the other suggestions. -
@Dashrender said in Print Services - Migrate from one server to another:
@IRJ said in Print Services - Migrate from one server to another:
@DustinB3403 said in Print Services - Migrate from one server to another:
@IRJ So create the printers on the new print server and create a new GPO as well and then push that new GPO to overwrite the old settings.
This would mean you'd have double the printers, unless you modified the old GPO to remove the printers from \old-server\
Yes you would have double for a short period of time during the transition, but this ensures that you never lose printing.
and causes dozens of calls from my users
- yep, it's different, they must call, doesn't matter that it's still working.You could always be proactive and send out an email first
That is what I have always done. Send one email out a day or two ahead and then another one when you make the change.
If they call or open a ticket you refer to the TWO emails you sent about it.
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@IRJ said in Print Services - Migrate from one server to another:
@Dashrender said in Print Services - Migrate from one server to another:
@IRJ said in Print Services - Migrate from one server to another:
@DustinB3403 said in Print Services - Migrate from one server to another:
@IRJ So create the printers on the new print server and create a new GPO as well and then push that new GPO to overwrite the old settings.
This would mean you'd have double the printers, unless you modified the old GPO to remove the printers from \old-server\
Yes you would have double for a short period of time during the transition, but this ensures that you never lose printing.
and causes dozens of calls from my users
- yep, it's different, they must call, doesn't matter that it's still working.You could always be proactive and send out an email first
That is what I have always done. Send one email out a day or two ahead and then another one when you make the change.
If they call or open a ticket you refer to the TWO emails you sent about it.
I was mostly just flipping you shit...
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@IRJ people have a hard time reading labels that could save their life, I don't expect my users to read any announcements coming from IT.
Edit: mostly because I know they don't care, they just need it to work.
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@DustinB3403 said in Print Services - Migrate from one server to another:
@IRJ people have a hard time reading labels that could save their life, I don't expect my users to read any announcements coming from IT.
Edit: mostly because I know they don't care, they just need it to work.
^ this, so much this!
My users only read my email today because they already knew the phones were having issues, and now they knew that I also knew. But a future notice, they won't remember for the most part 20 mins from now
it's all good, again, mostly just flipping shit.
