It might be necessary for you to modify your initial configuration
to meet specific requirements in your environment. Optional administration
and configuration tasks include the following.
Optional Setup Tasks
|
Task |
Description |
|
Optimize the performance and reliability of the metadata server. |
The following are some steps that you might need to take to optimize
the performance and reliability of the metadata server:
For other performance-related tasks, see
Managing Metadata
Server Performance in the
SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide. |
|
Modify the configuration of your processing servers. |
The following are some server configuration changes that you might want
to make for performance optimization or other reasons:
-
Define a cluster of load-balanced workspace servers in order to
balance a load across workspace servers that you have installed on multiple
hosts. This type of configuration is most useful when you have a large number
of users (such as data integration specialists) using a workspace server
for relatively long-running jobs. For details, see Understanding Server Load
Balancing in the
SAS Intelligence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide.
-
Modify load balancing or algorithms for stored process servers
and pooled workspace servers. For details, see Understanding the Load-Balancing
Algorithms in the
SAS Intelligence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide.
-
If your SAS server metadata contains characters other than those
typically found in the English language, then you must start your SAS server
with an ENCODING= or LOCALE= system option that accommodates those characters.
For details, see Encoding and Locale Information in the
SAS Intelligence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide.
-
If you will be submitting large jobs (for example, JAVA GRAPH
jobs) on z/OS servers, then you might need to specify a larger region size.
For details, see Managing Memory in the
SAS Companion for z/OS.
|
|
Optimize Web application performance. |
For information about configuring middle-tier components for better
efficiency and performance, see Best Practices for Configuring
Your Middle Tier in the
SAS Intelligence Platform: Web Application Administration Guide. |
|
Adjust server logging. |
You can change your server configurations to obtain additional logging
information for troubleshooting, performance management, or other purposes.
For details, see Administering Logging for SAS Servers in the
SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide and
SAS Logging: Configuration and Programming Reference. |
|
Enable job and report scheduling. |
To enable SAS scheduling features, you can install and configure scheduling
software, configure operating system scheduling, or configure in-process
scheduling. For details, see
Scheduling in SAS. |
|
Increase Java heap memory allocation for desktop applications. |
To process large amounts of data, you might need to modify the Java
heap memory allocation that is configured for SAS Management Console, SAS
Data Integration Studio, SAS OLAP Cube Studio, and SAS Information Map Studio.
For details, see Managing the Java Heap Used By Desktop Applications in the
SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide. |
|
Set up change management for SAS Data Integration Studio users. |
If you want to implement change management for SAS Data Integration
Studio, then you must set up project repositories and at least one change-managed
folder. For details, see Administering SAS Data Integration
Studio in the
SAS Intelligence Platform: Desktop Application Administration Guide. |
|
Collect ARM log information for SAS Data Integration Studio batch jobs. |
If you want to collect ARM log information for SAS Data Integration
Studio jobs that are run on a batch basis, then you must enable logging for
the batch server that executes the jobs. For details, see Collecting ARM
Log Information for SAS Data Integration Studio Jobs in the
SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide. |
