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Server 2003 Restore Print Ques from BUE 12.5?

JeffBort
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Hello,

 

Does the Server 2003 System State backup on BUE 12.5 contain the information nessecary to restore network print ques? 

 

Is there any way to restore network printers?

 

Thanks,

 

Jeff

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pkh
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Usually print queues are cleared almost immediately so they are unlikely to be backed up.

Colin_Weaver
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The configuration of the printer should be part of the System State so can only really be restored as part of a DR operation. In reality how long does it take you to setup a printer if you know the settings so for accidental deletion of a printer you probably should think about good documentation more than a good backup.

The print queue data itself is likely to be part of Active File Exclusion as it is transient data that is not normally needed for backups - after all if you don't get a print out of a document you can just print it again to a different printer and how often do you want to DR a Print Server and actually have all the printers start spitting out old queued documents...