Guest Marco Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Hello. I have a file printer server. My idea was to have a system in my network have copy files times to times to another server and that server would be my file printer backup. So if for any reason the main file printer was down, I have this backup server. Regards, Marco
Guest Ryan Hanisco Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 RE: How to create a system do duplicate information Hi Marco, You can use the utility Printmig.exe to make a copy of your printers to another server. From there, you can create a DNS entry for a spoofed Printers resource that lists both resources. It will give you the ability to redirect. Some people will also use cluster resources to fail printers over, but this isn't as common as you might think. -- Ryan Hanisco MCSE, MCTS: SQL 2005, Project+ Chicago, IL Remember: Marking helpful answers helps everyone find the info they need quickly. "Marco" wrote: > Hello. > > I have a file printer server. My idea was to have a system in my network > have copy files times to times to another server and that server would be my > file printer backup. > > So if for any reason the main file printer was down, I have this backup > server. > > Regards, > Marco
Guest Marco Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 RE: How to create a system do duplicate information Hi. Thanks for all your posts. it seems that you have a great knowledge of servers. I know nothing :( I just installed a W2k3 std server and I wanted to join it to my network. Last week the scsi controller of my file printer burn and everything has to stopped while the support dind't arrive. My idea is to create a server that immediatly start to work if anything fails. Imagine, if my file printer server dies, every file and printer are in another server. That allows me to keep my users working while the main server is stopped. Is any software that also copies the files, even when they are been used? Regards, marco "Ryan Hanisco" wrote: > Hi Marco, > > You can use the utility Printmig.exe to make a copy of your printers to > another server. From there, you can create a DNS entry for a spoofed > Printers resource that lists both resources. It will give you the ability to > redirect. > > Some people will also use cluster resources to fail printers over, but this > isn't as common as you might think. > -- > Ryan Hanisco > MCSE, MCTS: SQL 2005, Project+ > Chicago, IL > > Remember: Marking helpful answers helps everyone find the info they need > quickly. > > > "Marco" wrote: > > > Hello. > > > > I have a file printer server. My idea was to have a system in my network > > have copy files times to times to another server and that server would be my > > file printer backup. > > > > So if for any reason the main file printer was down, I have this backup > > server. > > > > Regards, > > Marco
Guest Miguel Fra Posted August 9, 2007 Posted August 9, 2007 Re: How to create a system do duplicate information On Aug 9, 5:02 am, Marco <Ma...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Hi. Thanks for all your posts. it seems that you have a great knowledge of > servers. > > I know nothing :( I just installed a W2k3 std server and I wanted to join it > to my network. > > Last week the scsi controller of my file printer burn and everything has to > stopped while the support dind't arrive. > > My idea is to create a server that immediatly start to work if anything > fails. Imagine, if my file printer server dies, every file and printer are in > another server. That allows me to keep my users working while the main server > is stopped. > > Is any software that also copies the files, even when they are been used? > > Regards, > marco > > "Ryan Hanisco" wrote: > > Hi Marco, > > > You can use the utility Printmig.exe to make a copy of your printers to > > another server. From there, you can create a DNS entry for a spoofed > > Printers resource that lists both resources. It will give you the ability to > > redirect. > > > Some people will also use cluster resources to fail printers over, but this > > isn't as common as you might think. > > -- > > Ryan Hanisco > > MCSE, MCTS: SQL 2005, Project+ > > Chicago, IL > > > Remember: Marking helpful answers helps everyone find the info they need > > quickly. > > > "Marco" wrote: > > > > Hello. > > > > I have a file printer server. My idea was to have a system in my network > > > have copy files times to times to another server and that server would be my > > > file printer backup. > > > > So if for any reason the main file printer was down, I have this backup > > > server. > > > > Regards, > > > Marco Windows Server has something called FRS (File Replication System) that can copy files so you have a mirror copy of your data across two servers. FRS works in conjunction with DFS (Distributed File Systems) to give you failover capabilities in case one server goes down. Setting up redundant systems requires in-deph knowledge of computing, I would call an MCSE or equivalent to do the work. To set up DFS you needknowledge about how DNS, Routing, and Active Directory works. Miguel Fra Falcon IT Services Miami, FL
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