NerdNamedMatt Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 Morning all, Long story short I took over this network about 2 weeks ago and so far it's been good, but little things like this are starting to get frustrating. We have a print server currently running on Server 2003 r2 x86, I want to move this to our backup server (also running Server 2003 r2 x86) ready to be P2V'd and eventually upgraded to Server 2012 later this year. The issue I am having is that in the past I have used the PMC to export the printers to a single file, open that up on another server and import it to the new server. On this server I can't access the PMC. It's just not there. The role is there, and all the printers are listed off in Printers and Fax Machines but the standard Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Print Management is not there. I had a read online which mentioned using a tool called printbrm.exe located at %WINDIR%\System32\Spool\Tools\Printbrm but low and behold, that location isn't there either!! I might just be having one of my moments here, but i'm baffled as to how to move it without the PMC. Any thoughts?
snagrat Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 Can you open mmc and inport the PMC module into that?
NerdNamedMatt Posted April 21, 2015 Author Posted April 21, 2015 Opened MMC but still no option to add PMC in. It's almost as if PMC has been completely disabled / deleted from the server.
snagrat Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 Can you do it from the other server? I know in 2008 you can open PMC and connect to another server and do the same operation.
NerdNamedMatt Posted April 21, 2015 Author Posted April 21, 2015 I have already tried doing the operation via the other server, however there is no option to migrate it as there usually would be. I get the option to export a list of print servers, but no option to export printers to a file like I usually would.
jimmy_2k Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 My advice? Although I don't know the size of your network. Build a new 2012 server with fresh drivers etc and migrate everyone over. Seriously unless you have to move them onto this 2k3 box because its dying, I wouldn't just go to another 2k3 box. You're just creating yourself another migration job.
gmonks Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 I agree with @jimmy_2k it will save you a lot of time / hassle if you just build a clean 2012 R2 server and just add fresh drivers etc and do it that way.
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