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ADM100 Lesson: Concept of Logical Spool Servers
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Concept of Logical Spool Servers
Lesson Duration: 40 minutes
Lesson Overview
In this lesson, you will learn about the concept of logical spool servers and
learn how to set up logical spool servers.
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
• Describe the concept of logical spool servers
• Set up logical spool servers
Hint: The advantages of logical spool server are explained in this
lesson. They simplify the work for the administrator by providing
the possibility of using descriptive names and making it simple to
transport the print landscape to other systems. The possibility to
specify an alternative server and allow load balancing also exists
for real spool servers.
If you are running a course in German, ensure that you explain that
“Spoolserver” and “Aufbereitungsserver” mean the same thing. The two
terms are used synonymously in the SAP environment. The functions
provided by a logical spool server are introduced in the following section
of the course material.
Business Example
Concept of Logical Spool Servers
The previous printing concept envisages a fixed assignment of an output
device to a spool server. A spool server, on the other hand, can be assigned
multiple output devices, which raises the risk of this server becoming
overloaded. It would therefore be desirable to have a mechanisms for
load balancing across multiple servers. Groups of spool servers are also
advisable with regard to downtime security. Both aspects are taken into
account by introducing logical spool servers.
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