SAS 9.1.3 Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide
SAS 9.1.3 Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide
SAS 9.1.3 Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide
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CHAPTER<br />
2 Understanding the State of Your<br />
<strong>System</strong><br />
Overview of the State of Your <strong>System</strong> 5<br />
Overview of the <strong>SAS</strong> Metadata Server and Its Initial Configuration 6<br />
What Is the <strong>SAS</strong> Metadata Server? 6<br />
About the <strong>SAS</strong> Metadata Repositories and the Repository Manager 6<br />
How the <strong>SAS</strong> Metadata Server Works 7<br />
The Initial Configuration of the <strong>SAS</strong> Metadata Server 7<br />
Overview of <strong>SAS</strong> Application Server Components and Their Initial Configuration 8<br />
Overview of Ports 9<br />
Overview of the Configuration Directory Structure 9<br />
About the Configuration Directory 9<br />
About the Lev1 Subdirectory 11<br />
About the <strong>SAS</strong>Main or <strong>SAS</strong>App Subdirectory 11<br />
About the web Subdirectory 12<br />
Overview of Configuration Files 12<br />
About the <strong>SAS</strong> Metadata Server Configuration File (omaconfig.xml) 12<br />
About Other <strong>SAS</strong> Server Configuration Files 13<br />
About the Security-Related Configuration Files 13<br />
About Configuration Files for Client Applications 14<br />
Overview of Initial Users and Groups 14<br />
About the Initial Operating <strong>System</strong> User Accounts 14<br />
About the Initial Operating <strong>System</strong> Groups 16<br />
About Administrative Users 17<br />
About Unrestricted Users and Trusted Users 17<br />
About Required User and Group Metadata Objects 18<br />
Overview of the State of Your <strong>System</strong><br />
Before you begin administering the <strong>SAS</strong> <strong>Intelligence</strong> <strong>Platform</strong>, you should be aware<br />
of the following components that have been put in place during the installation process:<br />
3 the <strong>SAS</strong> Metadata Server, which serves metadata from one or more <strong>SAS</strong> Metadata<br />
Repositories to all <strong>SAS</strong> <strong>Intelligence</strong> <strong>Platform</strong> client applications<br />
3 the <strong>SAS</strong> Application Server components, including <strong>SAS</strong> Workspace Servers and<br />
<strong>SAS</strong> Stored Process Servers, that might have been installed and configured in your<br />
environment to run <strong>SAS</strong> processes<br />
3 the ports that are used by each server to listen for incoming requests<br />
3 the configuration directory that stores configuration files, scripts, and<br />
special-purpose <strong>SAS</strong> data sets on each server machine and middle-tier machine<br />
3 the main configuration files that control the operation of the system<br />
5
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