AIX Print Queue Migration

Here is how i migrated AIX 7.1 print queues to a new server.

1- Copy /etc/qconfig file to the new server

2- Copy following files

1. /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/custom/*
2. /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/dev/*
3. /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/ddi/* 

3- Change permissions and ownership for all three of the above directories.

• chmod 664 /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/custom/*
• chown root.printq /var/spool/lpd/pio/@local/custom/*

4- Digest the queues

• enq -d

5- restart qdaemon

• stopsrc -s qdaemon
• startsrc -s qdaemon