Restoring the Printer Inventory from a UNIX file

You can restore the Printer Inventory from a UNIX file. This section describes how to restore the Printer Inventory from a specified date and time.

Rule: Do not use copy commands to restore the Printer Inventory because the copy might contain inconsistent data that makes the Printer Inventory unusable.

Before you begin: Make sure that you are a member of the AOPADMIN group and have UPDATE access to the AOP.ADMINISTRATOR resource profile in the PRINTSRV class.

To restore the Printer Inventory from a UNIX file:

1. Stop Infoprint Server. For example, enter this MVS™ command to run the AOPSTOP JCL procedure:

   START AOPSTOP

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2. Move the /var/Printsrv/master.v2db, /var/Printsrv/jestoken.v2db, and pwjestoken.v2db files to another directory. Save these files until you have restored the Printer Inventory, restarted Infoprint Server, and run with the restored Printer Inventory for a few days.

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3. Start Infoprint Server. For example, enter this MVS command to run the AOPSTART JCL procedure:

   START AOPSTART

   Do the next step immediately after you start Infoprint Server.

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4. Run the pidu command to restore the Printer Inventory. This example shows how to restore the Printer Inventory from file:
   /var/Printsrv.backups/inventory.backup.yymmdd
   
   This command uses the UNIX redirection symbols (> for stdout and 2> for stderr) to redirect command output to file pidu.output, and command errors to file pidu.errors:

   pidu /var/Printsrv.backups/inventory.backup.yymmdd >pidu.output 2>pidu.errors

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Related information:

• Setting up security
• Using the Printer Inventory Definition Utility (PIDU)