6.6 Recovering an iPrint Appliance

The appliance configuration can now be recovered in case of a crash. You either need a backed-up secondary disk or the last backed-up configuration zip (iprintconfig.zip) file for recovering the appliance.

If you attach a secondary disk of the backed-up appliance, the GUI provides option to proceed with Migrate Existing iPrint Appliance.

6.6.1 Recovering Appliance Using a Zip File

You can recover iPrint Appliance using a configuration file (iprintconfig.zip).

Ensure that the copy of the configuration file (iprintconfig.zip) of the backed-up appliance is available before performing recovery.

  1. Create a copy of the configuration file (iprintconfig.zip) of the appliance. For more information, see Backing Up the Appliance.

  2. Shut down the non-functional appliance. The new appliance will be configured with the same IP and network settings.

  3. Deploy iPrint Appliance with any virtualization software that can run the .ovf, .vhd , or .xen file formats. For more information, see Configuring Virtual Environment.

  4. When the appliance is powered on, click the Console tab. Ensure you provide the same network configuration, passwords, and time zone as that of the earlier version of iPrint Appliance from which you exported the iprintconfig.zip configuration file.

    The iPrint Appliance installation is now complete.

  5. On a Web browser, use either the host name or the IP Address to access the Management Console. For example, https://10.0.0.1:9443 or http://iprint.example.com/admin.

    Ignore the security certificate warning, and continue to the iPrint Appliance Management Console. To avoid the security warning prompt every time you access the iPrint Appliance Management Console, you can add the certificate to the trusted certificates list on your browser.

  6. Specify vaadmin or root as the user name.

  7. Specify the password, then click Log in.

  8. Click Recover iPrint Appliance.

  9. In the Configuration File option, click Browse..., then select the configuration file backed up from the iPrint Appliance. For more information about the iprintconfig.zip, see Backing Up the Appliance.

  10. Specify the iManager password that was used to configure the earlier version of the iPrint Appliance.

  11. Click Finish.

    The time taken to complete the configuration depends on the size of the earlier version configuration file. On successful migration, the appliance reboots the VM.

6.6.2 Backing Up the Appliance

To create a iprintconfig.zip file, you must copy the configuration information from an existing iPrint Appliance.

  1. On the iPrint Appliance, either use host name or the IP Address to access the Management Console. For example, https://10.0.0.1:9443 or http://iprint.example.com/admin.

    Ignore the security certificate warning.

  2. Specify vaadmin or root as the user name.

  3. Specify the password.

    The Appliance Configuration page is displayed.

  4. Click the Manage iPrint Appliance icon.

  5. Under Configuration, click Backup.

  6. Click Backup Now.

    On successful backup, the file is available for download.

  7. Click Download Backup File. This downloads the iprintconfig.zip file that contains the configuration information.