Re: Print cluster post SP1 issues

Hi Alan,

thank you for the reply..
I've recieved those hotfixes and installed them however they didn't solved
the problem. I aslo got one not yet published fix. After installing it I
didn't see Event id 40 anymore (publishing printer do AD) only eventid 9
(printer XXX was set) this solved a performance degradation fo 60% . Also I
was told by MS that this is normal behavior and they saw it already on 2000
when going from SP3 to SP4. Our cluster finished this procedure after two
days (400 printers) and since taht it's running ok. We also faced another
issue, about 40 printer disapeared - this was cause by fact that they were
set to use other then winprint processor. When the print processor settings
were changed for affected printers to use winprint they were back after
spooler restart. Settings were changed in registry under
HKLM\cluster\resources\<GUID_of_spooler_res>\parameters\printers

However after failover same thing happened, we lost 40 printers again and
the settings had to be changed once again. We are still searching for what
is causing this. At least I'm now aware of what is waiting for me when I
will insatll SP1 on our other print clusters.

Martin

"Alan Morris [MSFT]" <alanmo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Pick up two QFEs for clustering

for your specific request
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842304/en-us
Printer performance is slow on a large print server in Windows Server 2003

Microsoft Windows Server 2003, x86-based versions with Service Pack 1
Date Time Version Size File name Platform
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
14-Apr-2005 18:40 5.2.3790.2421 347,136 Localspl.dll x86

905518 for viewing printers on the cluster from the non hosting node. If
you can live without this one.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905518/en-us
You receive error messages when you try to connect to a clustered printer
from a Windows Server 2003 SP1-based computer
Windows Server 2003, 32-bit x86-based versions
File name File version File size Date Time Platform SP requirement
Service branch
Spoolss.dll 5.2.3790.380 81,920 02-Aug-2005 21:22 x86 None RTMQFE
Spoolss.dll 5.2.3790.2499 87,040 02-Aug-2005 21:26 x86 SP1 SP1QFE

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"Martin" <no@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Seth,

that's not exactly what I'm looking for. I would like to know why it is
happening. My issue is not filling the event log, but the events them
self.

Martin

"seth" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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does this help any??

Event Log Fills with Printer Creation/Deletion Notifications
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=234330


"Martin" <martin.stas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello,

after installation of SP1 on our 2003 two node print cluster, we have a
problem that it is constantly updating all printer informations in AD ,
we have a lot's of informations events in system log mostly Event ID 9,
40 from Print source. It's doing already for 36 hours and printing
performance is affected by this and users are complaining. There are
400 printers installed. Does anyone have experience with similar issue?
THank you

Martin









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