eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by SpoolProcessTest

This test reports measures pertaining to the different request processing groups. The output requests are classified into different processing groups. By having different spool servers, that process different types (and priorities) of requests one can avoid or atleast control mutual obstruction of output requests. The different processing groups are:

MTE Description Notes
ProcessingGroup Adm Spool administration tasks Examples:
  • Activation of delayed requests
  • Deletion of obsolete requests
  • Rerouting of requests in the case of server failure
ProcessingGroup Reg Normal requests Normal requests are requests to devices that are assigned to a spool server
ProcessingGroup Fro Requests for front end output devices Front end output devices are defined by the user at operating system level. In the R/3 system, there must be only one output device with the access method F (front end) which sends output requests to the user's standard printer.
ProcessingGroup Vol Requests classified as mass printing Mass printing means very large requests. Assign these requests to a separate spool server, to avoid the obstruction of other output requests.
ProcessingGroup Pro Requests classified as production printing Assign the output requests that are required for trouble free productive operation to the production printing processing group.
ProcessingGroup Dsk Requests classified as desktop printing Assign printers at one's workspace to the desktop printing processing group. As they are often not available, they could obstruct other tasks. Do not use this group for routine operations.
ProcessingGroup Tst Requests classified as test printing Assign output devices which are a new device type or for which configuration is being tested to the test printing processing group.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Group_work_procs The number of group spool work processes Number  
Group_jobs The number of group spool requests Number  
Group_pages Peak usage achieved in the recent period for stack memory Number