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Best Practices for Ensuring the Integrity of Your System


Allow Only the Metadata Server to Access Your Metadata Repositories

The MetadataRepositories and rpsomgr subdirectories, which are located in the SAS configuration directory, are critical to the operation of your system. These data sets contain metadata that defines your servers, users, access levels, enterprise data sources, and data structures. They also contain metadata for resources that are created and used by SAS applications, including information maps, OLAP cubes, report definitions, stored process definitions, and jobs.

To safeguard the integrity of your system:


Use Best Practices for Working with SAS Folders

The folders that appear in the Folders tab of SAS Management console are used by client applications to store business intelligence content and system information. Inappropriate renaming, deleting, or moving of these folders or their contents could cause client applications to malfunction.

When interacting with folders in SAS Management Console, be sure to follow the best practices that are provided in Working with SAS Folders in the SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide. If you need to move or copy the contents of these folders, use the procedures that are provided in Using the Promotion Tools in the SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide.

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