You can use PADM CA to change the assignment of printers to LTERM partners. Enter the name of the new LTERM partner in the kcadrlt field of the parameter area. The new LTERM partner to which the printer is to be assigned must already feature in the configuration of the application, and the printer connection must be defined in it (usage=O). A printer can already be assigned to the LTERM partner. This old assignment is not cancelled.
This function is only permitted in standalone UTM applications
With this function you can generate printer pools during the application run by assigning several printers to one LTERM partner. All printers in the printer pool then process the queue for the LTERM partner.
However, if one printer fails, you can assign the LTERM partner for that printer to another printer together with the failed printer’s message queue. The new printer then processes the output jobs.
If a procedure which changes the assignment is started by a user or client on an LTERM printer control unit not authorized by administration then not only the LTERM partner but also the printer must lie in the responsibility area of the printer control LTERM. In other words, this printer control LTERM must be assigned to the LTERM partner, and the printer must previously have had an LTERM partner assigned to this printer control LTERM.
PADM CA is only permitted if the printer is not connected to the application. You can check this in advance using the PADM PI call. Owing to the fact that PADM CA is subject to transaction management, i.e. the fact that it is not executed until the end of a transaction, a connection to a printer may have been established from another service in the intervening period. For this reason, in a follow-up transaction, you should use PADM PI to check whether the action has indeed been executed.
| See section "KDCPADM SWITCH" in chapter "SWITCH - Change the assignment of printers to LTERM partners". |
