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Spool Server

The spool server is an SAP application server that processes spool data for transfer to the operating system's spool system. You can configure spool servers by adding the rdisp/wp_no_spo profile parameter and specifying the number of spool work processes. In transaction SPAD, you can view and edit attributes of defined spool servers such as the server name, class, alternative server, and load balancing settings. Logical spool servers allow transporting a print architecture between systems with minimal changes by mapping logical servers to real servers.

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Spool Server

The spool server is an SAP application server that processes spool data for transfer to the operating system's spool system. You can configure spool servers by adding the rdisp/wp_no_spo profile parameter and specifying the number of spool work processes. In transaction SPAD, you can view and edit attributes of defined spool servers such as the server name, class, alternative server, and load balancing settings. Logical spool servers allow transporting a print architecture between systems with minimal changes by mapping logical servers to real servers.

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Spool Server 

 
Definition

The spool server is an SAP application server that provides spool processing. It therefore
requires at least one spool work process.

SAP Note 108799 in the SAP Service Marketplace explains how many spool work
processes you should configure for each server.

A spool server processes the data for transfer to the spool system of the operating system. You
can set up a spool server by adding the profile parameter rdisp/wp_no_spo to the instance profile
of the corresponding server (Administration  CCMS  Configuration    Profile
Maintenance) and entering the desired number of spool work processes.

Setting or Changing Properties of a Spool Server

You can enter additional attributes and administration information for spool servers.

To do this, call transaction SPAD (Tools  CCMS Spool  Spool Administration), and, on


the Devices/Servers tab page, choose the Spool Servers  pushbutton. The list of defined spool
servers appears. If you double click the relevant spool server, a window showing the attributes of
the spool server appears.

The following example shows the attributes for a mass printing server:

 
You can enter or change the following attributes in this window:

        Server Name: You can enter a description of the spool server in the long field of the Server
Name area.
        Server Class: Choose a suitable entry, depending on the intended use of the server, from the
input options for the server class field, such as production printing, mass printing, and so on.
The classification of the spool serverhelps you to realize your planned printing architecture, that is,
to assign newly defined output devices to the corresponding spool server. If you specify the spool
server in a device definition, the spool system compares theclassification of the output device to the
classification of the server. If they do not match, then the spool system warns you.

If you are preparing to assign a mass printer to a time-critical production server, then the
spool system warns you of this disparity.
        Alternative server: You can specify a “replacement printer”, the alternative server, for a spool
server. The alternate server takes over the processing of output requests if the original server is
down or unavailable. For more information, see Alternative Server.
        Allow Load Balancing: You can define whether the output processing workload of a server may
be distributed among its alternate servers. By default, load balancing is deactivated. Instead, the
spool system ensures that output requests are printed in the order that they are generated.
        Logical server: You can define spool servers as logical servers. A logical server is a name that
can, in turn, stand for one or more logical or real servers (a real spool server is a server that
actually has spool work processes and can run in the SAP System).
Using logical servers, you can transport a complete printing architecture to another system with
only minimal changes. To activate printing in the target system, you only need to edit the
assignment of the logical server. You can do this using the Mapping field. For more information,
see Logical Spool Servers.

See also:

Displaying the Spool Server Hierarchy

Assigning Output Devices to Other Spool Servers

Static and Dynamic Server Selection

Transporting the Print Architecture Using Logical Servers

Printing in Order of Generation

 SAP Printing Guide Start Page

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