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TIP: You can also view the error and success logs of any completed project from the Project
Window by opening the project file and clicking View > Error Log or View > Success Log, or by
clicking the corresponding button on the button bar.
If you interrupt the copy process before it completes, all objects, directories, and files already copied
to the destination server will remain there unless you manually delete them.

6.8 Consolidating NDPS Printer Agents

This section explains how to consolidate NDPS Printer Agents from one NDPS Print Manager
(PSM) to another as part of a NetWare-to-NetWare consolidation. If you want to migrate iPrint
Printer Agents and Print Managers from NetWare to OES Linux, see
Printers and Print Managers from NetWare to Linux," on page

6.8.1 Understanding NDPS Printer Agent Consolidation

When consolidating NDPS Printer Agents, be aware of the following points:
• Because the Server Consolidation Utility actually moves the NDPS Printer Agents, you should
• The Server Consolidation Utility does not move Print Brokers or Print Managers. It moves
• You cannot migrate NDPS Printer Agents to iPrint Print Managers. This utility supports
• Printer Agents can be moved; print queues cannot.
• Printer Agents that are moved still use the same Print Broker.
• Printer Agents can be moved only within the same tree. They cannot be moved between
• Print Managers must be operational during the consolidation.
• If necessary, after moving Printer Agents from the source to the destination server, unload the
• Printer defaults such as copies and media that are set in iManager through the iPrint > Manage
• If you made changes to the iprint.ini (located in sys:\apache2\htdocs\ippdocs\),
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back up your source server before launching this operation. If you make a mistake in moving a
Printer Agent, wait until it is fully functional in its new location before you move it back.
NDPS Printer Agents to an existing NDPS Print Manager on another server within the same
tree. After the move, the original Printer Agents are deleted from the source Print Manager.
If you want to consolidate your NDPS Printer Agents to a new NDPS Print Manager in the
same tree, you must first create the new Print Manager on the destination server, and then use
the Server Consolidation Utility to drag-and-drop the Printer Agents to the new Print Manager.
moving NDPS Printer Agents to NDPS Print Managers, and only in NetWare-to-NetWare
consolidation projects.
different trees.
source Print Manager so the installed printers on the workstations can establish a connection to
the destination Print Manager.
TIP: After unloading the source Print Manager, send a test print job to the printer that was
moved. This ensures that communication with the destination Print Manager is established.
After that communication has been established, the source Print Manager can be brought back
up.
Printer > Configuration > Defaults (legacy) page are migrated with Printer Agents.
you should copy the file to the destination server.
Section 8.4, "Migrating iPrint
77.