Ongoing System Administration Tasks

The following table lists important system administration tasks that you need to perform on an ongoing basis to keep the SAS Intelligence Platform operational.

Ongoing System Administration Tasks
Task	Documentation Reference
Start, stop, pause, resume, and refresh the servers that are used in the system.	Operating Your Servers in SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide
Check the status of a server of or of a metadata repository.	Checking the Status of Servers in SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide
Monitor the activity of servers.	Monitoring the Activity of SAS Servers in SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide
Perform regular full backups of the metadata server.	Best Practices for Backing Up and Restoring Your SAS Content in SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide
Use server logs and configure logging options.	Administering Logging for SAS Servers in SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide and SAS Logging: Configuration and Programming Reference
Create a new metadata repository.	Managing SAS Metadata Repositories in SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide
Promote individual metadata objects or groups of objects.	Promotion Tools Overview in SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide

Note: The preceding table includes only the tasks that are documented in this guide. Other important administration tasks are described in the following documents:

SAS Intelligence Platform: Security Administration Guide. You can use Checklist for a More Secure Deployment in SAS Intelligence Platform: Security Administration Guide to ensure that your environment remains secure on an ongoing basis.
SAS Intelligence Platform: Data Administration Guide.
SAS Intelligence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide.
SAS Intelligence Platform: Desktop Application Administration Guide.
SAS Intelligence Platform: Middle-Tier Administration Guide.
SAS Intelligence Platform: Web Application Administration Guide.
Scheduling in SAS.
SAS/SHARE User's Guide.
SAS/CONNECT User's Guide.

To access these documents, go to http://support.sas.com/93administration.