On 22 Mrz., 17:09, "Garry Harthill" wrote:
> Hi,
> I need to restore print queue config from one AIX machine (4.3.3) to
> another AIX machine (4.3.3). I haven't got access to the machine with
> the config already (i'm hopefully going to extract the required files
> using a mksysb)
>
> To do this I need to know the config files that store this config. I
> have found /etc/qconfig but this doesn't store the printer
> characteristics (like paper size, lines, columns, etc).
>
> Where can I find the config file that hold this information?
>
> Thanks,
> Garry

Hi Garry,

here is like I always move print queues from one server to another:

1. stop qdaemon on the target system
# stopsrc -s qdaemon
2. copy /etc/qconfig from Source to Target system

3. tar the directories
# tar -cvf /tmp/printer_custom.tar /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/custom
# tar -cvf /tmp/printer_dev.tar /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/dev
4. copy the tar-files to Target system and untar them.
5. start qdaemon on target system again:
# startsrc -s qdaemon

HTH
Regards
Axel

> here is like I always move print queues from one server to another:
>
> 1. stop qdaemon on the target system
> # stopsrc -s qdaemon
> 2. copy /etc/qconfig from Source to Target system
>
> 3. tar the directories
> # tar -cvf /tmp/printer_custom.tar /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/custom
> # tar -cvf /tmp/printer_dev.tar /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/dev
> 4. copy the tar-files to Target system and untar them.
> 5. start qdaemon on target system again:
> # startsrc -s qdaemon

After you use the procedure above you can also do:

cd /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/custom
for QUEUE in `ls`
do
/usr/lib/lpd/pio/etc/piodigest $QUEUE
done

This will rebuilt the smit screens from the files in @local/custom so that
you can use "smit chpq" to change print queue attributes on the queues you
have moved.

Best regards,
Paul

On Mar 23, 9:13 am, "axelsche" wrote:
> On 22 Mrz., 17:09, "Garry Harthill" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I need to restore print queue config from one AIX machine (4.3.3) to
> > another AIX machine (4.3.3). I haven't got access to the machine with
> > the config already (i'm hopefully going to extract the required files
> > using a mksysb)
>
> > To do this I need to know the config files that store this config. I
> > have found /etc/qconfig but this doesn't store the printer
> > characteristics (like paper size, lines, columns, etc).
>
> > Where can I find the config file that hold this information?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Garry
>
> Hi Garry,
>
> here is like I always move print queues from one server to another:
>
> 1. stop qdaemon on the target system
> # stopsrc -s qdaemon
> 2. copy /etc/qconfig from Source to Target system
>
> 3. tar the directories
> # tar -cvf /tmp/printer_custom.tar /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/custom
> # tar -cvf /tmp/printer_dev.tar /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/dev
> 4. copy the tar-files to Target system and untar them.
> 5. start qdaemon on target system again:
> # startsrc -s qdaemon
>
> HTH
> Regards
> Axel

Thanks for your help. This did the trick.