SAS 9.1.3 Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide

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1 Introduction to the SAS
Intelligence Platform: System
Administration Guide
About the SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide 3
Prerequisites for Using the SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide 4
Accessibility Features in the SAS Intelligence Platform Products 4
About the SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide
This guide covers administrative tasks that you will need to perform on an ongoing
basis after the initial installation and configuration of the SAS Intelligence Platform.
The guide covers tasks that apply to the SAS Intelligence Platform as a whole,
including the following:
3 starting and stopping servers
3 checking the status of servers
3 setting server logging options
3 administering the SAS Metadata Server, including the following tasks:
3 performing backups and restores
3 monitoring the server
3 optimizing the server’s performance
3 troubleshooting the server
3 administering SAS Metadata Repositories, including the following tasks:
3 creating repositories
3 importing, exporting, and copying metadata
3 promoting and replicating metadata
3 scheduling jobs and reports
The appendixes of this guide provide reference information about log files, configuration
files and directories, required user accounts, and default ports.
This guide is one of several documents that SAS publishes to support administration
of the SAS Intelligence Platform. Additional guides are available to cover the following
administration topics:
3 SAS application server administration
3 data administration
3 security administration
3 Web application administration
3 desktop application administration
To access these documents, go to http://support.sas.com/913administration.
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