MIgrate to Windows 2008

I have 2 separate windows 2003 print servers that I would like to put on new
hardware and make them 2008 servers. I would then like to cluster them.
What tools can I use to migrate the printers? What happens to all the
workstations that have the printers installed by server name? Will I have
to keep a dns name for the old server?

Check out Print migrator. See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/214795

this might help also:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/266058

hth
dds

"Bad Beagle" <> wrote in message
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>I have 2 separate windows 2003 print servers that I would like to put on
>new hardware and make them 2008 servers. I would then like to cluster
>them. What tools can I use to migrate the printers? What happens to all
>the workstations that have the printers installed by server name? Will I
>have to keep a dns name for the old server?
>

Hello Bad,

See here about print migration and management:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc722360.aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;938923

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../cc534978.aspx

For print cluster see here(Step-by-Step Guide for Configuring a Two-Node
Print Server Failover Cluster in Windows Server 2008.doc
): https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...displaylang=en


Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> I have 2 separate windows 2003 print servers that I would like to put
> on new hardware and make them 2008 servers. I would then like to
> cluster them. What tools can I use to migrate the printers? What
> happens to all the workstations that have the printers installed by
> server name? Will I have to keep a dns name for the old server?
>

Hello Bad,

Also see this one:
http://trycatch.be/blogs/roggenk/arc...olidation.aspx

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> I have 2 separate windows 2003 print servers that I would like to put
> on new hardware and make them 2008 servers. I would then like to
> cluster them. What tools can I use to migrate the printers? What
> happens to all the workstations that have the printers installed by
> server name? Will I have to keep a dns name for the old server?
>