question on Virtualizing a print server

Hello. We have an aging windows 2000 box which serves as our print server
(only). There are some 20 to 30 printers that it shares in our domain. We
have created a virtual machine to replace it (VMWare). My co-admin
downloaded something from Microsoft to copy all the printers and drivers
from it to the virtual machine. Basically, the VM is ready to go.

My question is, to implement the new VM is it just a matter of renaming the
print server to something else and renaming the VM to the same name as the
print server? We want this to be transparent to all users so that we don't
have to go around and change each workstations' printer settings.

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

As long as the printers (print queues), their parameters/permissions and
drivers are identical between both servers, then this should be
sufficient...

hth
Marcin

"C C" <someone@atsbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:eO3THnEvJHA.5244@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hello. We have an aging windows 2000 box which serves as our print server
> (only). There are some 20 to 30 printers that it shares in our domain.
> We have created a virtual machine to replace it (VMWare). My co-admin
> downloaded something from Microsoft to copy all the printers and drivers
> from it to the virtual machine. Basically, the VM is ready to go.
>
> My question is, to implement the new VM is it just a matter of renaming
> the print server to something else and renaming the VM to the same name as
> the print server? We want this to be transparent to all users so that we
> don't have to go around and change each workstations' printer settings.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
>

 

Thanks. That's what I thought.

"Marcin" <marcin@community.nospam> wrote in message
news:%23Nb45vEvJHA.5836@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> As long as the printers (print queues), their parameters/permissions and
> drivers are identical between both servers, then this should be
> sufficient...
>
> hth
> Marcin
>
> "C C" <someone@atsbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:eO3THnEvJHA.5244@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Hello. We have an aging windows 2000 box which serves as our print
>> server (only). There are some 20 to 30 printers that it shares in our
>> domain. We have created a virtual machine to replace it (VMWare). My
>> co-admin downloaded something from Microsoft to copy all the printers and
>> drivers from it to the virtual machine. Basically, the VM is ready to
>> go.
>>
>> My question is, to implement the new VM is it just a matter of renaming
>> the print server to something else and renaming the VM to the same name
>> as the print server? We want this to be transparent to all users so that
>> we don't have to go around and change each workstations' printer
>> settings.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>>
>>
>
>

 

On Apr 13, 11:35 am, "C C" <some...@atsbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Thanks.  That's what I thought.
>
> "Marcin" <mar...@community.nospam> wrote in message
>
> news:%23Nb45vEvJHA.5836@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
> > As long as the printers (print queues), their parameters/permissions and
> > drivers are identical between both servers, then this should be
> > sufficient...
>
> > hth
> > Marcin
>
> > "C C" <some...@atsbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> >news:eO3THnEvJHA.5244@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >> Hello.  We have an aging windows 2000 box which serves as our print
> >> server (only).  There are some 20 to 30 printers that it shares in our
> >> domain. We have created a virtual machine to replace it (VMWare).  My
> >> co-admin downloaded something from Microsoft to copy all the printers and
> >> drivers from it to the virtual machine.  Basically, the VM is ready to
> >> go.
>
> >> My question is, to implement the new VM is it just a matter of renaming
> >> the print server to something else and renaming the VM to the same name
> >> as the print server?  We want this to be transparent to all users so that
> >> we don't have to go around and change each workstations' printer
> >> settings.
>
> >> Thanks in advance for your help.

not a vmware guy, but they have a feature called P2V if you paid for
VMWare. it's a script you run on the physical machine and it creates
the VM with the same name I think and all the settings already done

 

Hello C,

I would use Printmigrator, assuming that's the tool you talk about, then
rename the machines and bring the printers back.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hello. We have an aging windows 2000 box which serves as our print
> server (only). There are some 20 to 30 printers that it shares in our
> domain. We have created a virtual machine to replace it (VMWare). My
> co-admin downloaded something from Microsoft to copy all the printers
> and drivers from it to the virtual machine. Basically, the VM is
> ready to go.
>
> My question is, to implement the new VM is it just a matter of
> renaming the print server to something else and renaming the VM to the
> same name as the print server? We want this to be transparent to all
> users so that we don't have to go around and change each workstations'
> printer settings.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>

 

Thanks.

"Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> Hello C,
>
> I would use Printmigrator, assuming that's the tool you talk about, then
> rename the machines and bring the printers back.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>> Hello. We have an aging windows 2000 box which serves as our print
>> server (only). There are some 20 to 30 printers that it shares in our
>> domain. We have created a virtual machine to replace it (VMWare). My
>> co-admin downloaded something from Microsoft to copy all the printers
>> and drivers from it to the virtual machine. Basically, the VM is
>> ready to go.
>>
>> My question is, to implement the new VM is it just a matter of
>> renaming the print server to something else and renaming the VM to the
>> same name as the print server? We want this to be transparent to all
>> users so that we don't have to go around and change each workstations'
>> printer settings.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>>
>
>

 

We did not P2V it because the old print server is a W2K (OEM) box and the
new VM is a W2K3 (Open license).

"Alen Teplitsky" <alent1234@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Apr 13, 11:35 am, "C C" <some...@atsbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Thanks. That's what I thought.
>
> "Marcin" <mar...@community.nospam> wrote in message
>
> news:%23Nb45vEvJHA.5836@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>
> > As long as the printers (print queues), their parameters/permissions and
> > drivers are identical between both servers, then this should be
> > sufficient...
>
> > hth
> > Marcin
>
> > "C C" <some...@atsbcglobal.net> wrote in message
> >news:eO3THnEvJHA.5244@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> >> Hello. We have an aging windows 2000 box which serves as our print
> >> server (only). There are some 20 to 30 printers that it shares in our
> >> domain. We have created a virtual machine to replace it (VMWare). My
> >> co-admin downloaded something from Microsoft to copy all the printers
> >> and
> >> drivers from it to the virtual machine. Basically, the VM is ready to
> >> go.
>
> >> My question is, to implement the new VM is it just a matter of renaming
> >> the print server to something else and renaming the VM to the same name
> >> as the print server? We want this to be transparent to all users so
> >> that
> >> we don't have to go around and change each workstations' printer
> >> settings.
>
> >> Thanks in advance for your help.

not a vmware guy, but they have a feature called P2V if you paid for
VMWare. it's a script you run on the physical machine and it creates
the VM with the same name I think and all the settings already done

 

On 4/13/2009 10:50 AM, Alen Teplitsky wrote:
> they have a feature called P2V if you paid for VMWare.

You can also run the P2V using the free VMware Server product. Also, it
is my (mis)understanding that once you have the virtual machine you can
run it on most VMware products.



Grant. . . .