25.8 Troubleshooting iPrint Migration
Printers are not migrating to the OES 2 Linux Server
Explanation:
Occasionally the status of the iPrint migration is successful but the specified Print Manager is not active (Down), so printers are not migrated to the OES 2 Linux server.
Possible Cause:
Some other Print Manager is active or is already loaded on the OES 2 Linux server.
Action:
On OES 2 Linux server:
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Search for the ipsmd daemons by executing the ps ax | grep ipsmd command. This displays two running ipsmd processes.
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Kill the individual ipsmd daemons by executing kill -9 pid_of_ipsmd
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Restart the migration by executing iprintmig.
Target server authentication fails in a cluster environment
Explanation:
The loopback address is not authenticated.
Possible Cause:
The loopback address is not being resolved to the target server’s IP address in the cluster environment.
Action:
The user should enter the target server’s IP address or DNS name.
Printers are not migrating with the -f option
Explanation:
iprintmig skips adding printers from the file containing the printers list
Possible Cause:
If the file with the printers to be migrated contains extra spaces or characters, the file is skipped by the utility.
Action:
Delete the extra spaces or characters and restart the migration process.
Invalid driver path assignments
Explanation:
Specific printers are not being migrated, and you see an error message XMLToDoCIMInstance::doWork(): CIMException encountered (general error) <Operating System Name> GetDriverInfo failed:<Printer Name> during migration.
Possible Cause:
The printers are associated with deleted or missing drivers.
Possible Cause:
The driver is associated to a remote path that no longer exists. The path can be a remote server or an unmounted volume.
Action:
Verify the driver path and generate a report to correct the driver assignment:
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From iManager, select .
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Select a .
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Click .
NOTE:If the Print Manager is down, click to make it .
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Click .
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Select one or more for the operating system name displayed in the error message.
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Click .
The driver assignment path is displayed for individual Printer Agents in the report.
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Verify that the complete driver path is a valid assignment.
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(Conditional) If the path is invalid, select .
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Choose a required printer under .
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Click .
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Select the specific operating system for which the assignment is invalid under the tab. A message window appears with a message The current driver does not exist.
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Click .
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Select either or a suitable driver.
Printers are not migrating in the same eDirectory tree under same context
Explanation:
Printers are not being migrated, and you see an error message: CIMException encountered (general error): Creation of printer 'CN=<PrinterName>,o=<organization>' object failed. Object exists, but failed to get iPrintPrinterManager value.
Possible Cause:
The migration was in the same eDirectory tree, and the source Print Manager and the target Print Manager were under the same context.
Action:
Use iManager to create a Print Manager on the target server in a different context. Restart the migration with the target Print Manager as the newly created Print Manager.
Migration fails even after a pre-check is passed
Explanation:
On restarting the source server, the migration fails if the Print Manager unload is not successful.
Possible Cause:
The eDirectory attributes for the unloaded PSM are not cleaned up.
Action:
Restart the Print Manager.
Migration fails when a printer is assigned to a Print Manager
Explanation:
The migration fails with an error message: CIMException encountered (general error): Creation of printer <Printer FDN> ( Eg: cn=Printer1,o=novell) object failed. Object exists, iPrintPrinterManager value indicates that the printer is associated with another ipsmd.
Possible Cause:
Trying to reassign a printer to new Print Manager when an existing Print Manager assigned to this printer is down.
Action:
Do not select the printer that is currently assigned to a Print Manager on the target server when it is down.
Migration fails when SYS volume folder is not available on the source server
Possible Cause:
The folder sys:ndps is renamed or deleted from the source server.
Action:
Ensure that the sys:ndps folder is present on the source server.
Migration fails for container admin credentials on the source server
Explanation:
Printer objects with container admin credentials are not being migrated.
Possible Cause:
There is a mismatch of source server and container admin credentials for the user. The source server might not be in the same container where the full access rights are defined.
Action:
Ensure that the user has the following rights and permissions assigned explicity, so that the user can access and execute the psminfo.nlm:
Migration fails with an error message
Explanation:
Terminate called after throwing an instance of 'OpenWBEM4::HTTPException' what(): Unable to process request: 401: Authentication failure Aborted.
Possible Cause:
The admin user is not correctly LUM-enabled.
Action:
LUM-enable the admin user:
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run yast2 novell-lum from the command prompt.
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Click .
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Enter the admin password.
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Click and follow the on-screen prompts.
Driver Store and Print Manager not initialized after migration on the target server
Explanation:
The Driver Store and Print Manager are not initialized on the target server when the SLP configuration is used.
Possible Cause:
Problems in the SLP configuration before starting migration.
Action:
Enter the slptool findsrvs service:ndap.novell | grep <TREE NAME> command to list the TREENAME. If the tree name is not listed, fix the SLP configuration. For details, see Section 4.1, Prerequisites.
Printers not coming up after Transfer ID migration
Explanation:
You migrate printers by using Transfer ID option, but printers are not coming up.
Possible Cause:
Printers are not being asociated with the Drivers after an ID swap (Transfer ID).
Action:
Use the following procedure:
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Run the /opt/novell/bin/iprintman psm --xml-import /tmp/psmimport_idswap.xml -s <Server IP Address> -u admin -f --accept-cert command on the OES 2 Linux console.
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Enter the admin password.
Printer fails to install with an error wrong printer URL
Explanation:
On successful migration, the redirected printers fail to install on the target server.
Action:
You can succesfully install the redirected printers by doing any of the following:
Ensure that the source server is up and running and then install the redirected printer.
Ensure that the DNS is resolved to the target server IP address and then install the redirected printer.