The print server auditing log provides information about all
jobs that have been printed. Auditing records are retained as ASCII
files so that they can be read with any text editor. The log can
be viewed in PCONSOLE as well as NetWare Administrator.
In designing the auditing log, Hewlett-Packard has recognized
that companies do accounting in a variety of ways. For this reason,
the auditing log provides a basic default format based on ASCII
and a fixed record length. Both characteristics are designed to
make it as easy as possible to write a customized program to retrieve
the information it needs in a format determined by a particular
company.
The auditing log is sufficiently flexible to record whatever
information a printer sends to it. Regardless of printer type, the
log will record how many bytes a job took to print, the user who
submitted the job, when the job entered the print queue, when the
job was printed, and what printer serviced the job.
If the printer is an XNP type used by Macintosh or UNIX, the
log might also indicate how long it took to print the job, how many
pages were printed, when the job was printed, and when the job was
submitted.
To enable the auditing log from PCONSOLE, use the following
procedure.
Procedure
From the "Available Options" menu, select
"Print Servers" and select a print server.
The "Print Server Information" screen appears.
Select "Audit."
At the "Print Services Auditing" menu, the
following options are available:
Select "Configuration."
The "Auditing Information" screen appears.
Specify "Yes" in the "Enable
auditing" field.
If you enable auditing, the print server maintains a log of
the operations it performs. If the print server is already running,
it needs to be brought down and loaded again for this change to
take effect.
If you do not enable auditing, the print server will not write
to the log. If the print server is already running, it needs to
be brought down and loaded again for this change to take effect.
If the auditing log file becomes full, either by using all
available disk space or by reaching the size limit set with the
"Limit Size" option, the print server ceases storing
auditing information. To avoid losing valuable accounting information,
process or archive the information and delete the auditing log file
on a regular basis.
Specify whether you want to "Limit size
of log file."
If you select Yes, a field appears for the maximum size (in
kilobytes) that the auditing log file can reach before the print
server stops appending auditing information. In this field, you
should specify the maximum size (in kilobytes) that the auditing
log file can reach before the print server stops appending auditing
information. Without this limit it is possible for the file to grow
until all available disk space is used.
After auditing has been enabled, unload and then
reload the print server.
(Optional) Submit a print job to ensure that the
log is recording information on print jobs properly.
To view the Auditing Log, select "View
Auditing Log" from the "Print Services Auditing"
menu.
To delete the Auditing Log, select "Delete
Auditing Log" from the "Print Services Auditing"
menu.
Unloading
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A print server can be created in PCONSOLE, but it must be
started at the NetWare Services server. However, an active (Status:
Running) print server can be downed, or unloaded, from PCONSOLE
with the following procedure.
If the "Unload" option is not activated,
the print server may not be running. If it is running, you are not
designated as an operator for that print server. In order to proceed,
a designated print server operator must be logged in to the workstation
you are using.
Procedure
From the "Available Options" menu, select
"Print Servers."
A list of available print servers is displayed.
Select the name of the print server you want to
unload.
The "Print Server Information" menu is displayed.
Select "Information and Status."
The "Current server status:" field should
indicate that the print server is "Running." If
it is not, you cannot unload it.
Select the "Running" status field.
Do one of the following:
Select "Going down after
current print jobs" if you want a print job already being
printed to be completed before the print server goes down.
Other jobs in the queue will remain in the queue until the
print server is reloaded or they are manually deleted.
Select "Down" if you want the
print server to go down immediately.
Any jobs in the queue will remain in the queue until the print
server is reloaded or they are manually deleted.
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