SAS® Integration Technologies: Administrator's Guide (LDAP Version)

Using the IT Administrator Wizard to Define a Server
(COM/DCOM)
The SAS Integration Technologies Administrator provides a wizard to guide you through the process of creating
LDAP−based metadata for a COM/DCOM server. (Alternatively, you can create this metadata using the regular IT
Administrator interface.) For general information about IT Administrator, refer to Using the Integration Technologies
(IT) Administrator.
Before beginning this procedure, be sure that you have:
• Installed an LDAP directory server and configured it for use with SAS software. For detailed instructions,
refer to Setting up an LDAP Directory Server.
• Installed the Integration Technologies (IT) Administrator application. For details, see IT Administrator
Installation and Startup.
To define a COM/DCOM server object using the wizard:
1. Start IT Administrator.
2. Select the SAS Configuration button in the Manager Bar.
3. Click the Wizard button ( ). The welcome screen for the wizard appears.
4. On each screen of the wizard, follow the instructions given; then select the Next button to move to the next
screen. The Next button remains grayed out until you enter the required information. If you need to change
information you have already entered, select the Back button. Select the Help button on any screen of the
Wizard to receive instructions for the screen currently displayed. Select the Cancel button to exit the wizard at
any time; if you select Cancel, no server object will be created.
Each wizard screen is described below. For detailed information about a field, click on the corresponding
attribute name, which is shown in parentheses. The appropriate definition on the sasServer Attributes List will
be displayed. You can then use your browser's Back button to return to this page. The wizard screens are as
follows:
♦ Select a Logical Grouping. On this screen, select a defined logical name (sasLogicalName) from the
list. If you want to create a new logical name, select the Create button; the wizard will help you
create a new sasLogicalNameInfo object. For more information about logical names, refer to
Assigning Logical Names.
♦ Create a New Server. On this screen, enter a server name (sasServercn), (optionally) a description
(description), and a domain (sasDomainName).
♦ Specify a Protocol. On this screen, select the COM/DCOM protocol (sasProtocol).
♦ Specify COM Host Information. On this screen, specify a fully−qualified host name
(sasMachineDNSName).
♦ Specify COM Encryption Settings. On this screen, select the Authentication
(sasRequiredEncryptionLevel) and DCOM Security Service from the drop−down menus.
♦ Done. On this screen, you can:
◊ Select the Do Another button if you want to define another server object.
◊ Select the Add Host button if you want to specify another host machine for this server object.
◊ Select the Finish button if you want to exit the wizard and save your work.
If you select the Cancel button, the server object will not be created.
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