The vista tool looks like the cats meow. Thanks ;) Ehren J. Benson, MCSE Windows Systems Administrator
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 517-884-5469 From: Donovan Oliver [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 2:37 PM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: RE: Print Server Migration The Print Management tool in Vista superceded the PrintMig utility from Microsoft. It does a much better job of exporting and importing than Printmig. The 1.0 version in Server 2003 R2 does not have the same import/export capability. I haven't looked at Server 2008, but I suppose it would be comparable to the Vista version. I successfully migrated a 1000-queue print server using the Vista tool, and no hiccups along the way. Additionally, the Vista tool's 'Export list' function (different from the full export/import) is great for documenting print queue settings for ports, drivers, and queues. - Donovan From: Ehren Benson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 7:31 AM To: Active Directory Admin Issues Subject: Print Server Migration Hi, I am not sure if there is an *easy* way to do this or not but I figured it was worth asking. I have a Windows Server 2003 R2 system that is our print server. I want to decommission the box as it is older and set it all up on a new Win2008 server machine. Is there an easier way to move all the installed, shared printers than documenting all the information and manually installing them on the new machine, sharing them, and then telling everyone (300+ clients) to delete their installed printers and connect to the new shares? Thanks! Ehren J. Benson, MCSE Windows Systems Administrator Department of Physics and Astronomy Michigan State University 1209 A Biomed Phys Sci [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 517-884-5469 ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ ~ ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ ~ ~ NEW: CounterSpy Enterprise: Centralized Antispyware - #1 in eWEEK Test! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=400> ~
