SAP Basis

ADM100 Lesson: Appendix - Troubleshooting Example
Solution 31: Appendix - Error Analysis for
Front End Printing (OPTIONAL)
Task1PreparingtheAnalysis
Caution: You must perform the following task from the operating
system of your SAP system. This also applies for work that you
would “normally” perform at the front end. Ensurethatyouare
logged on at operating system level as adm. StarttheSAP
GUIfromtheoperatingsystemoftheSAPsystem.
This exercise deals with front end printing, which is normally performed
from the front end. However, since no administrative authorizations
are usually assigned on the front ends in the training rooms in which
this training course is taking place, it is not possible to set environment
variables and so on on these front ends. However, you have these rights
on the servers on which the SAP systems are running. The exercises are
therefore performed on the SAP system servers using the RDP client.
Explain this to your course participants. Inform them that the group for
the DEV systems must be logged on with the user devadm and the group
for the QAS system must be logged on with the user qasadm, sothatthe
groups do not disrupt each other.
Prepare your system for analyzing front end printing problems.
1. In transaction SPAD, copy (or use Create Using Template) thefront
end printer tfrontendprinter to tfrontendprinter2 and assign the
short name TFRP to this output device. Activate the level 2 trace for
this output device.
a) In transaction SPAD, start output device maintenance and
switch to change mode. Place the cursor on the output device
tfrontendprinter and choose Create Using Template. Assign the
new name tfrontendprinter2 and save the output device.
Assign the new short name to the output device at this point.
Select the new output device again for maintenance. Ensure that
the access method F is set for the new output device. Activate
debugging by choosing Edit → Test Tool. The system displays a
new tab page, on which you should activate a level 2 trace. Save
the output device. For more detailed information, see the lesson,
section “Activating the Trace”.
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