Guest DJone Posted August 29, 2007 Posted August 29, 2007 Hoping this is in the correct area of the forum... Ok basically just looking for the best route to switch users (About 300-400) who are using printers on a current print server (Windows Server 2003 box), we'll call print-serv1. So all the printers they use are currently on that server and they are printing through that server as well. We have made a new server, we'll call print-serv2, and have installed and tested all the printers that the users are currently using on the network through print-serv1, still keeping the share names and drivers the exact same (FYI: This is also a Windows Server 2003 box). What is the quickest, easiest and least painful way to switch everyone over to print-serv2 and set up with the same printers they are using now, except for changing the server the printer goes through to print-serv2 instead of the current print-serv1 they are using? (Ideally without going to 300-400 users desk, some out of state too). Like I said, same printers, everything will be the same on their end, just need to switch so the printers are now going through print-serv2 instead of print-serv1. I have checked Microsoft and Google and am now resorting to message boards hoping for help from someone who has knowledge in this area (Maybe even someone who has performed the same task) or would be able to help me figure out a good way to do this. Any help at all is very much appreciated, so thank you all in advance! I will be checking this regularly, as we would like to do this switch immediately since everything else is in line for it to be completed and this is a rather large company, (well we'll say small-medium business haha). I wish you all a great day and once again, thanks in advance! Mike.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 29, 2007 Posted August 29, 2007 Re: Need HELP Transferring Print Servers PLEASE! "DJone" <DJone@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7A86ABB5-A35A-43AE-B1C5-C4C3031FD9C8@microsoft.com... > Hoping this is in the correct area of the forum... > > Ok basically just looking for the best route to switch users (About > 300-400) > who are using printers on a current print server (Windows Server 2003 > box), > we'll call print-serv1. So all the printers they use are currently on that > server and they are printing through that server as well. > > We have made a new server, we'll call print-serv2, and have installed and > tested all the printers that the users are currently using on the network > through print-serv1, still keeping the share names and drivers the exact > same > (FYI: This is also a Windows Server 2003 box). > > What is the quickest, easiest and least painful way to switch everyone > over > to print-serv2 and set up with the same printers they are using now, > except > for changing the server the printer goes through to print-serv2 instead of > the current print-serv1 they are using? (Ideally without going to 300-400 > users desk, some out of state too). > > Like I said, same printers, everything will be the same on their end, just > need to switch so the printers are now going through print-serv2 instead > of > print-serv1. > > I have checked Microsoft and Google and am now resorting to message boards > hoping for help from someone who has knowledge in this area (Maybe even > someone who has performed the same task) or would be able to help me > figure > out a good way to do this. > > Any help at all is very much appreciated, so thank you all in advance! > > I will be checking this regularly, as we would like to do this switch > immediately since everything else is in line for it to be completed and > this > is a rather large company, (well we'll say small-medium business haha). I > wish you all a great day and once again, thanks in advance! > > Mike. If it's just a print server then you could take print-serv1 off-line and rename print-serv2 to print-serv1.
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted August 29, 2007 Posted August 29, 2007 Re: Need HELP Transferring Print Servers PLEASE! DJone wrote: > Hoping this is in the correct area of the forum... > > Ok basically just looking for the best route to switch users (About > 300-400) who are using printers on a current print server (Windows > Server 2003 box), we'll call print-serv1. So all the printers they > use are currently on that server and they are printing through that > server as well. > > We have made a new server, we'll call print-serv2, and have > installed and tested all the printers that the users are currently > using on the network through print-serv1, still keeping the share > names and drivers the exact same (FYI: This is also a Windows > Server 2003 box). > > What is the quickest, easiest and least painful way to switch > everyone over to print-serv2 and set up with the same printers they > are using now, except for changing the server the printer goes > through to print-serv2 instead of the current print-serv1 they are > using? (Ideally without going to 300-400 users desk, some out of > state too). > > Like I said, same printers, everything will be the same on their > end, just need to switch so the printers are now going through > print-serv2 instead of print-serv1. > > I have checked Microsoft and Google and am now resorting to message > boards hoping for help from someone who has knowledge in this area > (Maybe even someone who has performed the same task) or would be > able to help me figure out a good way to do this. > > Any help at all is very much appreciated, so thank you all in > advance! > > I will be checking this regularly, as we would like to do this > switch immediately since everything else is in line for it to be > completed and this is a rather large company, (well we'll say > small-medium business haha). I wish you all a great day and once > again, thanks in advance! You did more than 'hope'... You multi-posted it all over. If you feel you need to post your topic in multiple newsgroups - cross-post. It will save you and those who might assist you time and effort. - http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/xpost.html - http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm#xpost - http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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