How to create a system do duplicate information

[Marco]

Hello.

I have a file printer server. My idea was to have a system in my network
have copy files times to times to another server and that server would be my
file printer backup.

So if for any reason the main file printer was down, I have this backup
server.

Regards,
Marco

 

[Ryan Hanisco]

Hi Marco,

You can use the utility Printmig.exe to make a copy of your printers to
another server. From there, you can create a DNS entry for a spoofed
Printers resource that lists both resources. It will give you the ability to
redirect.

Some people will also use cluster resources to fail printers over, but this
isn't as common as you might think.
--
Ryan Hanisco
MCSE, MCTS: SQL 2005, Project+
Chicago, IL

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"Marco" wrote:

> Hello.
>
> I have a file printer server. My idea was to have a system in my network
> have copy files times to times to another server and that server would be my
> file printer backup.
>
> So if for any reason the main file printer was down, I have this backup
> server.
>
> Regards,
> Marco

 

[Marco]

Hi. Thanks for all your posts. it seems that you have a great knowledge of
servers.

I know nothing I just installed a W2k3 std server and I wanted to join it
to my network.

Last week the scsi controller of my file printer burn and everything has to
stopped while the support dind't arrive.

My idea is to create a server that immediatly start to work if anything
fails. Imagine, if my file printer server dies, every file and printer are in
another server. That allows me to keep my users working while the main server
is stopped.

Is any software that also copies the files, even when they are been used?

Regards,
marco






"Ryan Hanisco" wrote:

> Hi Marco,
>
> You can use the utility Printmig.exe to make a copy of your printers to
> another server. From there, you can create a DNS entry for a spoofed
> Printers resource that lists both resources. It will give you the ability to
> redirect.
>
> Some people will also use cluster resources to fail printers over, but this
> isn't as common as you might think.
> --
> Ryan Hanisco
> MCSE, MCTS: SQL 2005, Project+
> Chicago, IL
>
> Remember: Marking helpful answers helps everyone find the info they need
> quickly.
>
>
> "Marco" wrote:
>
> > Hello.
> >
> > I have a file printer server. My idea was to have a system in my network
> > have copy files times to times to another server and that server would be my
> > file printer backup.
> >
> > So if for any reason the main file printer was down, I have this backup
> > server.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Marco

 

[Miguel Fra]

On Aug 9, 5:02 am, Marco <Ma...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Hi. Thanks for all your posts. it seems that you have a great knowledge of
> servers.
>
> I know nothing I just installed a W2k3 std server and I wanted to join it
> to my network.
>
> Last week the scsi controller of my file printer burn and everything has to
> stopped while the support dind't arrive.
>
> My idea is to create a server that immediatly start to work if anything
> fails. Imagine, if my file printer server dies, every file and printer are in
> another server. That allows me to keep my users working while the main server
> is stopped.
>
> Is any software that also copies the files, even when they are been used?
>
> Regards,
> marco
>
> "Ryan Hanisco" wrote:
> > Hi Marco,
>
> > You can use the utility Printmig.exe to make a copy of your printers to
> > another server. From there, you can create a DNS entry for a spoofed
> > Printers resource that lists both resources. It will give you the ability to
> > redirect.
>
> > Some people will also use cluster resources to fail printers over, but this
> > isn't as common as you might think.
> > --
> > Ryan Hanisco
> > MCSE, MCTS: SQL 2005, Project+
> > Chicago, IL
>
> > Remember: Marking helpful answers helps everyone find the info they need
> > quickly.
>
> > "Marco" wrote:
>
> > > Hello.
>
> > > I have a file printer server. My idea was to have a system in my network
> > > have copy files times to times to another server and that server would be my
> > > file printer backup.
>
> > > So if for any reason the main file printer was down, I have this backup
> > > server.
>
> > > Regards,
> > > Marco


Windows Server has something called FRS (File Replication System) that
can copy files so you have a mirror copy of your data across two
servers. FRS works in conjunction with DFS (Distributed File Systems)
to give you failover capabilities in case one server goes down.

Setting up redundant systems requires in-deph knowledge of computing,
I would call an MCSE or equivalent to do the work. To set up DFS you
needknowledge about how DNS, Routing, and Active Directory works.


Miguel Fra
Falcon IT Services
Miami, FL