HP Distributed Print Service Administration Guide

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Planning User Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Planning Printer Operator Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Planning System Operator Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Planning Administrator Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Planning for High Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Handling Printer Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Handling Node Failures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
4. Getting Started with HPDPS
Logging On as HPDPS Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Starting HPDPS Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Viewing Log Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Verifying That HPDPS Processes Are Running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Using SAM to Verify HPDPS Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Verifying That the HPDPS Client Daemon Is Running at the
Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Verifying That a Supervisor Is Running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Verifying That a Spooler Is Running . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Automatically Starting HPDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Starting HPDPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Stopping HPDPS Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Setting HPDPS Environment Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Setting the PATH Environment Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Setting the PD_CONFIRM_DELETE Environment Variable . . . . . .83
Setting the PDPRINTER Environment Variable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Tuning Load Handling Using HPDPS Environment Variables. . . . . .84
Summary of Other Environment Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Backing Up and Restoring HPDPS Directories and Files. . . . . . . . . . . .87
Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87