SAP Note 48400 - Reorganization of TemSe and Spool
Note Language: English
Version: 22 Validity:
Valid Since 20.05.2010
Summary
Symptom
In your R/3 system, you have found an inconsistency in the spool database
or in the database for temporary sequential objects (TemSe).
Other terms
Consistency, XRTAB, RT_UPDATE, RT_INSERT, SPOOL_INTERNAL_ERROR, reorg,
temse, data lines
Reason and Prerequisites
There can be many different causes. For example, inconsistencies can occur
if you delete table entries manually from the spool and TemSe tables,
delete spool and TemSe objects from the file system or do not carry out the
consistency checks correctly. Terminations of the report and transactions
also cause these inconsistencies. An incorrectly executed client transport
can also lead to inconsistencies in the TemSe and spool.
Inconsistencies do not 'just appear'. They always have concrete causes.
However, in many cases it is impossible to determine these causes after
they have occurred.
A precise analysis is generally only possible if you have a reproducible
example. The following sections will therefore only describe how to detect
and eliminate inconsistencies.
Definition of the term TemSe:
Some objects, which are normally not retained in the system for a long
time, are stored in the temporary sequential objects (TemSe) data storage.
These are:
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1. Spool requests (TemSe name: Spool.......)
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2. Job logs (TemSe name: JOBLG........)
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3. Objects from other applications, for example Human Resources
(TemSe name: HR.......), Financial Accounting - data medium
exchange (TemSe name: DTA...)
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4. An object beginning with KONS. This object is regularly used
by report RSPO1043 and should never be deleted (Note 98065).
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5. If the new log procedure is used for batch input (Note
175596), the batch input logs (TemSe Name: BDC....).
Each TemSe object consists of a header entry in table TST01 and the actual
object. It can be stored in the file system (always the case for job logs)
or in table TST03 (always for HR data). In the case of spool entries, you
can use a parameter to decide whether the object is stored in the file
system or in table TST03 (default setting, see Note 20176). Spool requests
also have entries in table TSP01 (header entries for the spool request) and
possibly in table TSP02 (header entries for possible output requests).
With data medium exchange objects from Financial Accounting, you can
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determine whether the object is stored in TST03 or in the file system for
the relevant runs (in the latter case, there is no header entry in TST01 so
the object is no longer a TemSe object. You can use transaction FDTA to
manage the objects). For more information about DTA objects and how to
manage them, refer to the section on data medium exchange in the Accounts
Receivable and Accounts Payable Accounting chapters in the online
documentation (see also Note 15960).
NOTE:
TemSe cannot manage any objects larger than 2 GB, indepent of whether the
object is stored in the database or at file system level. Particularly with
spool orders, you need to divide them into several smaller ones.
Since spool orders larger than 2 GB cannot practically be handled, this
restriction will not be changed.
Solution
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1. Check memory distribution in the TemSe data storage.
-> Tools -> Administration
-> Spool -> TemSe Administration (transaction SP12)
-> TemSe database -> Memory allocation
(as of Release 4.0A: -> Tools -> CCMS -> Spool -> TemSe Data
Storage (transaction SP12))
-> TemSe Data Storage -> Memory allocation
Here, you can check the distribution of your TemSe objects by age, client
and creator. In this context, you should refer to Note 11070. Check whether
the number of your TemSe objects is very large and whether many of your
objects are stored with an unlimited retention period.
NOTE:
You cannot see the retention period of spool requests here: it is stored in
table TSP01 and can be read from the header data for the spool request
(transaction SP01).
NOTE THAT TEMSE IS NOT AN ARCHIVING SYSTEM
Furthermore, the maximum permitted number of spool requests is limited
(Note 48284). Use print list archiving for spool requests.
The number of TemSe objects may vary considerably depending on the system.
In some production systems, 30,000 or 40,000 objects would be quite normal
(100,000 is still considered a lot). Always ensure that the number and
memory allocation do not continually increase in your system.
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2. Delete any objects that are no longer required.
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A. Spool objects that are no longer required can be deleted
using spool administration.
-> Tools -> Administration
-> Spool -> Spool administration (transaction SPAD)
-> Delete Old Spool Requests.
(as of Release 4.0A: -> Tools -> CCMS -> Spool -> Spool
Administration
(transaction SPAD) -> Administration -> Delete Old Spool
Requests
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Only use this online option if there are not many spool
requests in the system.
You can also execute report RSPO0041. Refer to Notes 41547 and
16083 for information on deleting outdated spool requests.
In the meantime, an improved version of this report (RSPO1041)
has been created, which you can download from sapserv3 (Note
130978).
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B. Delete obsolete job logs via report RSBTCDEL (Note 16083).
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C. Refer to Notes 98995 and 385283 if you want to delete HR
objects.
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D. Use transaction FDTA to delete DTA objects from Financials
(a description on how to do this is available in the online
documentation). Display the list and use the Delete pushbutton.
Here, you can also check for possible inconsistencies (table
REGUT contains a reference to TemSe object).
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E. To delete batch input logs that are no longer needed, use
the RSBDCREO report (Note 25219).
NOTE:
If retention times for jobs and spool requests differ, then spool request
numbers are sometimes reused. This can lead to invalid allocations. For
more information, see Note 422136.
NOTE:
You can use the report RSTS0022 to delete old TemSe objects. Execute this
report with care. Only execute it if you know precisely what you are
deleting. This report does not take into account dependencies between TemSe
tables and other tables, so inconsistencies may occur.
RSTS0022 SHOULD NEVER BE SCHEDULED ON A REGULAR BASIS
Only use the reports mentioned above for this. RSTS0022 can delete only the
TemSe object and the header entry in TST01. It does not touch the entries
in tables TSP01 and TSP02, which causes inconsistencies in the spooler.
This can result in serious errors, for example, if a batch job tries to
append a spool request to an existing one and no longer finds the TemSe
object.
For this reason, run a consistency check on the spooler afterwards.
After you import the Support Packages mentioned in this note, report
RSTS0022 can no longer be carried out from transaction SP12.
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3. Perform a consistency check on TemSe and the spooler.
IMPORTANT:
There are two fundamentally different consistency checks: the TemSe checks
and consistency checks specific for the respective object type (spool,
batch input, and so on).
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Neither of the two checks contains the other check, which means you must
use BOTH checks!
The TemSe consistency check checks the header entry in table TST01 and the
corresponding object for ALL TemSe objects. The spool consistency check,
for example, also checks the entries in tables TSP01 and TSP02, but only
the spool objects are checked. For batch input logs, see Note 175596.
Both consistency checks are client-independent (refer to Note 375964 in the
event of problems).
You can execute both consistency checks online or in the background. There
is no significant difference. In production systems, we recommend that you
do not use the online solution since a timeout may occur. If necessary,
increase the value for parameter rdisp/max_wprun_time (Note 25528).
Essentially, the consistency checks contain only read operations and
therefore cannot cause any 'damage'. This is also true if other users are
working in the system. However, in this case the system might display
temporary inconsistencies, because someone is currently writing to the
TemSe (this problem can also occur when you execute the check in the
background).
These are not genuine inconsistencies and must not be deleted. We recommend
that you run the consistency check twice before a possible delete run, with
a 30 minute interval between checks (this is an approximate value only; the
exact interval depends on the jobs that are currently running). Only the
inconsistencies that are displayed in both checks are genuine
inconsistencies.
NOTE:
The spool consistency check also includes write access to the database,
because it deletes out-of-date write locks. The default is 30 minutes,
which is insufficient for many background jobs. A background job that runs
for longer during this time terminates with the error described in Note
16534.
We therefore recommend that you choose a value that is sufficiently large
(the new report RSPO1043 has a default value of 10,080 minutes, which
corresponds to one week).
Since the value of 30 minutes for the online check cannot be changed, you
should perform the consistency check in the background.
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A. TemSe consistency check
1. Online:
Transaction SP12 (menu path see above)
-> TemSe Data Storage -> Consistency check
As a result, the system displays a list with the inconsistencies.
2. In the background:
Run report RSTS0020. As a result, the system displays a list of the
inconsistencies found. However, you do not have the option of deleting
them. Wait some time, then run the consistency check a second time and
compare the results. Inconsistencies that are found in both logs are
genuine inconsistencies and should be deleted. However, bear in mind that
long-running jobs for the current day might also be listed as
inconsistencies in both logs.
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Inconsistencies in TemSe CANNOT be deleted in the background.
You have two options for deleting:
a.) Run the consistency check online, as described above.
Select the inconsistencies to be deleted and choose:
'Delete Selected Entries' or 'Delete all', to delete the entire list.
b.) If you have many TemSe objects, use report
RSTS0030. Call RSTS0030 online
for areas of TemSe in which the consistency check found inconsistent
objects. Select both the TST01 and TST03 checks (you do not have to list
all TemSe objects).
Once the report has generated the object list, delete either the seletced
or all inconsistencies.
Note that you can only enter a generic name (that is, using wildcards), not
however, as an area with upper and lower limits.
NOTE:
Since deleting inconsistencies only includes the header entry in table
TST01 and the actual TemSe object, an inconsistent spool request is not
fully deleted. The entries in the two spooler tables are retained. For this
reason, you should always use the spool consistency check to delete
inconsistent spool requests.
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B. Spool consistency check
1. Online:
Transaction SPAD (menu path, see above)
-> Check consistency (as of Release 4.X: Administration ->
-> Consistency Check of Spool Database
2. In the background:
There are two reports for the spool consistency check: RSPO0043 and
RSPO1043. RSPO0043 can only display inconsistencies in the background,
similar to RSTS0020 in TemSe.
Deleting inconsistencies in the spooler:
Up to and including Release 3.1I, you can only delete inconsistencies
online using transaction SPAD or by starting RSPO0043 online. Then,
eliminate the inconsistencies using 'Delete Selected Entries' or 'Delete
all'.
As of Release 4.0A, the new report RSPO1043 is delivered in the standard
system (Note 98065). It has two essential advantages:
It can delete inconsistencies in the background and it only deletes
inconsistencies if it has found them in repeated runs, that is, there is no
danger of deleting temporary inconsistencies. We therefore recommend that
you use this report only as of Release 4.0A and that you schedule it on a
daily basis.
Report RSPO1043 might list its own spool request as inconsistent. You can
ignore this entry.
C. Consistency check for batch input: Use the reports RSBDCCKA and
RSBDCCKT. For more information, see Note 175596.
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Reset the profile parameter rdisp/max_wprun_time to its previous value when
you have completed the online consistency check.
Which reports should be scheduled on
16083)?
You should run the following reports
RSPO0041 (or RSPO1041), RSBTCDEL: To
RSPO1043, RSTS0024, and RSTS0043 for
a regular basis (see also Note
daily:
delete outdated TemSe objects
the consistency check
Header Data
Release Status:
Released on:
Master Language:
Priority:
Category:
Primary Component:
Released for Customer
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10:35:40
German
Recommendations/additional info
Consulting
BC-CCM-PRN-SPO Spool System
Secondary Components:
BC-CCM-PRN-TMS TemSe (Repository for temporary
sequential objects)
Valid Releases
Software Component
Release
SAP_BASIS
SAP_BASIS
SAP_BASIS
SAP_BASIS
46
60
70
71
From
Release
46B
610
700
710
To
Release
46D
640
700
710
and
Subsequent
X
X
X
X
Support Packages
Support Packages
SAP_BASIS
SAP_BASIS
SAP_BASIS
SAP_BASIS
SAP_BASIS
Release
46B
46C
46D
610
620
Package Name
SAPKB46B50
SAPKB46C41
SAPKB46D30
SAPKB61029
SAPKB62017
Related Notes
Number
706478
534468
504952
503499
489690
422136
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Short Text
Preventing Basis tables from increasing considerably
Not all parts of a job log are deleted
Composite note regarding spooling and printing
TemSe consistency check: Inconsistencies cannot be deleted
CC INFO: Copying large production clients
Incorrect spool assignment for the background step
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Number
406363
385283
375964
214969
140547
130978
98995
98065
67205
67055
48284
43369
41547
25528
18674
16875
16534
16083
15960
11070
1336
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Short Text
Spool error: START_SPOOL SUBRC 20 spool job not found
Deleting HR TemSe files
RSPO0043 deletes TST03 in current client only
Error writing the job log
Adjust line length in the TST03 database
RSPO1041 - Replacement for RSPO0041
Deleting TemSe objects in the HR module
Spool consistency check with RSPO1043 as of 4.0A
CC-INFO: Copying large and productive clients
Explanation of syslog message xrtab(?)->? for ????
System can no longer create spool requests
TEMSE->xrtab(5)-> 64
How does report RSPO0041 work?
Parameter rdisp/max_wprun_time
Spooler: RT_INSERT reports error 128 in table TSP02
TemSe objects do not match TemSe files
Job terminates due to SPOOL_INTERNAL_ERROR
Standard jobs, reorganization jobs
Data medium exchange: where is the DME file?
Space requirements of TemSe and spooler
Spooler reports data base I/O error
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