12.3 Migrating the iPrint Cluster Resource from NetWare to OES

After iPrint is configured for the OES nodes, you are ready to migrate the iPrint Driver Store and Print Manager information from the NetWare iPrint cluster resource to the OES iPrint cluster resource.

Perform the following steps in Migrating an iPrint Cluster Resource in the OES 2018 SP2: Migration Tool Administration Guide.

  1. Perform the pre-migration checks as described in Pre-Migration iPrint Configuration in the OES 2018 SP2: Migration Tool Administration Guide.

  2. Perform a consolidated migration of the iPrint service as described in iPrint Consolidate Migration in the OES 2018 SP2: Migration Tool Administration Guide.

    Start the Migration Tool from the target server (the OES node where the iPrint cluster resource is active).

    For the source server, authenticate by using the IP address or DNS name of the NetWare iPrint cluster resource.

    For the target server, authenticate by using the IP address or DNS name of the Linux iPrint cluster resource.

  3. Verify that the migration was successful as described in Verifying the Result of the iPrint Migration in the OES 2018 SP2: Migration Tool Administration Guide.

  4. Transition the Transition end-user printing from NetWare to Linux.

    • Offline the NetWare iPrint cluster resource.

    • View the NetWare iPrint cluster load script's /DNSNAME value.

    • Configure DNS to resolve the /DNSNAME value to the IP address of the target Linux cluster resource hosting the Print Manager.

      NOTE:The propagation of the DNS change might take time, depending on your network.

      DNSNAME is the address that the clients use to find the NetWare Print Manager. The same DNSNAME is used to find the Linux Print Manager.

    • Update each of the Linux node /etc/hosts files to resolve to the Linux iPrint cluster IP address.

    • Update the /etc/opt/novell/iprint/conf/ipsmd.conf PSMHostAddress value to the /DNSNAME.

    • Restart the Print Manager.

  5. (Optional) Perform the post-migration steps as described in Transfer ID and Migrating an iPrint Cluster Resource in the OES 2018 SP2: Migration Tool Administration Guide.

For detailed information about iPrint migration requirements, pre-migration configuration, migration procedures, post-migration tasks, and troubleshooting, see Migrating iPrint to OES 2018 SP2 in the OES 2018 SP2: Migration Tool Administration Guide.