Migrating printers from XP to Win7. Best Practice?

I am currently using PRINTMIG to migrate mapped printers from XP to win7 on workstations. I am experiencing failures to map Dell and RICO printers. I just read "Printbrm" is supposed to replace PRINTMIG but does it also work with XP?
Im also curious what others are currently using to migrate and remap printers from XP to Win7?????
tconners

I don't know that I've ever found a really great way to do printer migrations from one OS to another. For one you often have issues going from 32-bit drivers on the XP side to 64-bit drivers on the Windows 7 and beyond side. Plus, depending on
your current methodology of installing printers (i.e. printer server with global shares vs local port connection, or tcpip, etc.) different challenges can arise. We've explored the idea of using a print server with heavy tie in to our AD environment.
In this case, user's would be assigned a group, likely based on location or department, and this would map the given printers for them automatically. Depending on the size and complexity of your environment, this could be a potential idea to consider.

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On 5/9/2012 11:06 AM, jlauzon wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
> We've been running NSM 2.5 for a few years on Netware and have been
> very satisfied with the product and performance. We are planning to
> migrating to SLES11 with OES11 very soon to finally move away from
> Netware and I have some issues I can't seem to find answers to. Of
> course I want to use NSM to move my home directories from my Netware to
> my SLES so I want this working well when we migrate.
> I've searched but not found a good resource to show how to move the NSM
> engine from a Netware server to a Linux server with best practices.
> Anyone have experience with this and any gottchas?
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SAP ASE Best Practice latest update

Hello experts,
just wondering if somebody already reviewed thoroughly latest guide for best practices on SAP Sybase ASE?
I am talking about the document from note 1680803 - SYB: Migration to SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise - Best Practice (former note 1722359 - SYB: Running SAP applications on SAP ASE - Best Practice).
The guide for normal runtime operation was merged with the guide for migration, but there are some contradictory statements.
Apart from that the study case is again designed for server with huge memory and lot of CPU cores (so not so real case normally, I wonder who setup so often such huge servers...), I have found some inconsistencies.
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Also they introduced idle timeout, but only talking about ERP and possible lower value for Solman - does this mean that for BW you keep default value (which if I am not mistaken is 100)? As per ADM540 you should even decrease this timeout when SAP system is sharing server with database - I know that document is old, but is again contradictory, not saying that it is wrong, but not well explained.
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While I state that with regards to ADM540 itself, I have not seen the class (perhaps)...one customer did show me the notebook of a class (ASE Sys Admin) they went to and it was really targeted at non-SAP installations more than SAP installations - from a reality/experience aspect.   Part of the issue with the class the customer showed me was it borrowed liberally from the old SY classes as a starting point, but at the point the class was developed there was not a lot of experience with running SAP installations on ASE to really point out the fine tweaking areas such as idle timeout.
However, the document was really aimed primarily at Business Suite vs. BW systems or a Solution Manager install (which are much smaller) - there are a lot of other considerations for BW the guide doesn't get into - although some of the sizing is a better start than the defaults provided by SAPINST
The former runtime guide essentially was just merged in to the Post-Migration Steps section.
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This may be your toughest decision. Decide what name you want the machine to be. You have two choices.
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R-
Apple Consultants Network
Apple Professional Services
Author, "Mavericks Server – Foundation Services" :: Exclusively in the iBooks Store

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Hi Fellow AQ Users,
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I have been mining through metalink about various Oracle recommendations and putting
together a set of recommendations as a starting point for my DBAs.
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Extending beyond the boundaries of conventional corporate divisions and functions, the SAP Best Practices for Chemicals package is based on SAP ERP; the SAP Environment, Health & Safety (SAP EH&S) application; and the SAP Recipe Management application. The business processes supported by SAP Best Practices for Chemicals encompass a wide range of activities typically found in a chemical industry
Practice:
u2022 Sales and marketing
u2013 Sales order processing
u2013 Presales and contracts
u2013 Sales and distribution (including returns, returnables, and rebates, with quality management)
u2013 Inter- and intracompany processes
u2013 Cross-company sales
u2013 Third-party processing
u2013 Samples processing
u2013 Foreign trade
u2013 Active-ingredient processing
u2013 Totes handling
u2013 Tank-trailer processing
u2013 Vendor-managed inventory
u2013 Consignment processing
u2013 Outbound logistics
u2022 Supply chain planning and execution Supply and demand planning
u2022 Manufacturing planning and execution
u2013 Manufacturing execution (including quality management)
u2013 Subcontracting
u2013 Blending
u2013 Repackaging
u2013 Relabeling
u2013 Samples processing
u2022 Quality management and compliance
u2013 EH&S dangerous goods management
u2013 EH&S product safety
u2013 EH&S business compliance services
u2013 EH&S industrial hygiene and safety
u2013 EH&S waste management
u2022 Research and development Transformation of general recipes
u2022 Supplier collaboration
u2013 Procurement of materials and services (Including quality management)
u2013 Storage tank management
u2013 E-commerce (Chemical Industry Data Exchange)
u2022 Enterprise management and support
u2013 Plant maintenance
u2013 Investment management
u2013 Integration of the SAP NetWeaver Portal component
u2022 Profitability analysis
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This section details the most common business scenarios u2013 those that benefit most from the application of best practices.
Sales and Marketing
SAP Best Practices for Chemicals supports the following sales and marketingu2013related business processes:
Sales order processing u2013 In this scenario, SAP Best Practices for Chemicals supports order entry, delivery, and billing. Chemical industry functions include the following:
u2022 Triggering an available-to-promise (ATP) inventory check on bulk orders after sales order entry and automatically creating a filling order (Note: an ATP check is triggered for packaged material.)
u2022 Selecting batches according to customer requirements:
u2022 Processing internal sales activities that involve different organizational units
Third-party and additional internal processing u2013 In this area, the SAP Best Practices for Chemicals package provides an additional batch production step that can be applied to products previously produced by either continuous or batch processing. The following example is based on further internal processing of plastic granules:
u2022 Purchase order creation, staging, execution, and completion
u2022 In-process and post process control
u2022 Batch assignment from bulk to finished materials
u2022 Repackaging of bulk material
SAP Best Practices for Chemicals features several tools that help you take advantage of chemical industry best practices. For example, it provides a fully documented and reusable prototype that you can turn into a productive solution quickly. It also provides a variety of tools, descriptions of business scenarios, and proven configuration of SAP software based on more than 35 years of working with the
Chemical industry.
SAP Functions in Detail u2013 SAP Best Practices for Chemicals
The package can also be used to support external toll processing such as that required for additional treatment or repackaging.
Tank-trailer processing u2013 In this scenario, SAP Best Practices for Chemicals helps handle the selling of bulk material, liquid or granular. It covers the process that automatically adjusts the differences between the original order quantities and the actual quantities filled in the truck. To determine the quantity actually filled, the tank trailer is weighed before and after loading. The delta weight u2013 or quantity filled u2013 is transmitted to the SAP software via an order confirmation. When the delivery for the sales order is created, the software automatically adjusts the order quantity with the confirmed filling quantity.The customer is invoiced for the precise quantity filled and delivered.
Supply Chain Planning and Execution
SAP Best Practices for Chemicals supports supply chain planning as well as supply chain execution processes:
Supply and demand planning u2013 Via the SAP Best Practices for Chemicals package, SAP enables complete support for commercial and supply-chain processes in the chemical industry, including support for integrated sales and operations planning, planning strategies for bulk material, and a variety of filling processes with corresponding packaging units. The package maps the entire supply chain u2013 from sales planning to material requirements planning to transportation procurement.
Supplier Collaboration
In the procurement arena, best practices are most important in the following
Scenario:
Procurement of materials and services:
In this scenario, SAP Best Practices for Chemicals describes a range of purchasing processes, including the following:
u2022 Selection of delivery schedules by vendor
u2022 Interplant stock transfer orders
u2022 Quality inspections for raw materials, including sampling requests triggered
by goods receipt
Manufacturing Scenarios
SAP Best Practices for Chemicals supports the following sales and
Manufacturingu2013related business processes:
Continuous production u2013 In a continuous production scenario, SAP Best Practices for Chemicals typifies the practice used by basic or commodity chemical producers. For example, in the continuous production of plastic granules, production order processing is based on run-schedule headers. This best-practice package also describes batch and quality management in continuous production. Other processes it supports include handling of byproducts,co-products, and the blending process.
Batch production u2013 For batch production,
SAP Best Practices for Chemicals typifies the best practice used by specialty
chemical producers. The following example demonstrates batch production
of paint, which includes the following business processes:
u2022 Process order creation, execution, and completion
u2022 In-process and post process control
u2022 Paperless manufacturing using XMLbased Process integration sheets
u2022 Alerts and events
u2022 Batch derivation from bulk to finished materials
Enterprise Management and Support
SAP Best Practices for Chemicals also supports a range of scenarios in this
area:
Plant maintenance u2013 SAP Best Practices for Chemicals allows for management
of your technical systems. Once the assets are set up in the system, it focuses on preventive and emergency maintenance. Tools and information support the setup of a production plant with assets and buildings.Revenue and cost controlling u2013 The package supports the functions that help you meet product-costing requirements in the industry. It describes how cost centers can be defined, attached
to activity types, and then linked to logistics. It also supports costing and settlement of production orders for batch and continuous production. And it includes information and tools that help you analyze sales and actual costs in a margin contribution report.
The SAP Best Practices for Chemicals package supports numerous integrated
business processes typical of the chemical industry, including the following:
u2022 Quality management u2013 Supports integration of quality management concepts across the entire supplychain (procurement, production, and sales), including batch recall and complaint handling
u2022 Batch management u2013 Helps generate batches based on deliveries from vendors or because of company production or filling, with information and tools for total management of batch production and associated processes including batch derivation, batch information cockpit, and a batchwhere- used list
u2022 Warehouse management u2013 Enables you to identify locations where materials
or batch lots are stored, recording details such as bin location and other storage information on dangerous goods to help capture all information needed to show compliance with legal requirements
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