Installing InfoPrint Manager for Linux on a Linux HA server
Once you have verified the failover of your Linux HA system, you can use the following procedure to install InfoPrint Manager for Linux.
- Mount all the filesystems on the primary server but not on the secondary or backup
server.
Note: The /var/psf/segments filesystem must be a local filesystem that cannot be mirrored on a shared Storage Across Network (SAN).
- Run the InfoPrint Manager Installer on both the primary and the backup server. When installing InfoPrint Manager on the primary server, use the -V flag. When installing it on the secondary or backup server, use the -v flag.
- Stop and disable the following InfoPrint Manager services by running the following
commands:
InfoPrint Manager Web Server
systemctl is-active --quiet ipm-ws.service && systemctl stop ipm-ws.service systemctl disable ipm-ws.service
InfoPrint Manager IPPGW
systemctl is-active --quiet ipm-ippgw.service && systemctl stop ipm-ippgw.service systemctl disable ipm-ippgw.service
InfoPrint Manager MVS Download
systemctl is-active --quiet ipm-mvsd.service && systemctl stop ipm-mvsd.service systemctl disable ipm-mvsd.service
InfoPrint Manager LPD
systemctl is-active --quiet ipm-lpd.service && systemctl stop ipm-lpd.service systemctl disable ipm-lpd.service
InfoPrint Manager SAP
systemctl is-active --quiet ipm-sapcbd.service && systemctl stop ipm-sapcbd.service systemctl disable ipm-sapcbd.service
InfoPrint Manager PDServers
systemctl is-active --quiet ipm-pdservers.service && systemctl stop ipm-pdservers.service systemctl disable ipm-pdservers.service
InfoPrint Manager Notification
systemctl is-active --quiet ipm-notifyd.service && systemctl stop ipm-notifyd.service systemctl disable ipm-notifyd.service
InfoPrint Manager LDAP Cache
systemctl is-active --quiet ipm-lcd.service && systemctl stop ipm-lcd.service systemctl disable ipm-lcd.service
InfoPrint Manager Licensing
systemctl is-active --quiet ipm-licverd.service && systemctl stop ipm-licverd.service systemctl disable ipm-licverd.service
systemctl is-active --quiet ipm-vpd.service && systemctl stop ipm-vpd.service systemctl disable ipm-vpd.service
- Configure the
ipmhaservice using the web interface. You can find more information about accessing the web interface and configuring the service at the AlmaLinux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Rocky Linux, or SUSE Linux Enterprise website.Note: InfoPrint Manager for Linux Support does not allow user modifications to this script. - Specify the appropriate server names that must be started or stopped on one of the
cluster nodes when the
ipmhascript runs.Important: Make sure that you synchronize these files on all your cluster nodes:- rc.pd.servers
- rc.ippgw.daemons
- rc.lpd.daemons
- rc.mvsd.daemons
- rc.ipmws.daemons
- rc.iprsap.daemons (if available)
These files can be found in the /etc folder.
Note: This step needs to be performed manually on all cluster nodes. - Run both the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI and the InfoPrint Manager Operations GUI on the primary node.
Note: Ricoh advises against running either GUI on the backup node.
- Once InfoPrint Manager for Linux has been installed, ensure that you synchronize cluster resources across the installation.
- Test the server to confirm it can fail over to the backup node. Check to ensure the
InfoPrint Manager system is operational by verifying standard functions, including:
- If you are performing a manual failover event, Ricoh recommends that you shut down both the InfoPrint Manager Administration GUI and the InfoPrint Manager Operations GUI on the primary node. When the file systems are moved to the backup node on a failover, both GUIs are brought down.