Mackie V7.0 manual Procedure

Administering hosts (users only) Configuring Xprint V7.0

If you divide the original domain into several smaller domains, printers that are now in a different domain can be accessed by prefixing their names with a gateway name. If the devices must be accessed with the same name from every host, independently of which host they belong to, then this can be achieved by replicating the definition of the network devices in each domain. A physical printer can then be defined with the same logical name in each network. A user can then access the printer by using this name from any host in the system

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Once at least the primary master host is defined, you can add all the other systems to Xprint V7.0. The order in which you configure them also determines the order of the host hierarchy. If one computer is entered after another computer it also ranks below this one in the hierarchy (see section “Xprint V7.0 objects” on page 9).

To add a new host to the Xprint V7.0 configuration, you must perform steps on both the active host and the host to be added. First the new host must be regis- tered in the existing Xprint V7.0 configuration, then it can import the Xprint V7.0 database and become part of the Xprint V7.0 network.

To configure a new host, proceed as follows:

●Log in to an active host. If the Xprint V7.0 administrator is defined as a user there, log in as the Xprint V7.0 administrator, otherwise as root.

●Enter the following command to add the new host to the database: xpadd -hoshost_name -rehost_type [-shsupporting_host]

where host_name is the name of the relevant host and host_type the value you have entered in the worksheet. The option -rehost_type (re stands for responsibility) may be omitted for potential masters. If the value PARASITE is specified for host_type, the value supporting_host for -shspecifies on which system the database for this parasite host can be found.

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If a computer has been set up as a PARASITE host, its supporting host must be running and Xprint V7.0 must be active on it for the PARASITE host to be able to access Xprint V7.0. Both systems must have the same hardware. The administrator must make sure that the supporting host exports the /var/spool/Xprint/config/DB directory to the PARASITE host and enters it in the parasite host’s directory under the same name. The export and entry in the directory must be done manually by the administrator.

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