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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403
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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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      • Mike DavisM
        Mike Davis @DustinB3403
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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 GPO

        I'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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        • IRJI
          IRJ @Mike Davis
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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 GPO

          I'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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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403 @IRJ
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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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            • IRJI
              IRJ @DustinB3403
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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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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender @IRJ
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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.

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                • DashrenderD
                  Dashrender @DustinB3403
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                  @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.

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                  • IRJI
                    IRJ @Dashrender
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                    @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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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender @IRJ
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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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                      • DustinB3403D
                        DustinB3403 @IRJ
                        last edited by DustinB3403

                        @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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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender @DustinB3403
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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.

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