The configuration scripting
tools enable administrators to perform the following tasks:
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Create the Web application server configuration rather
than following the manual instructions. If the automatic configuration
option was disabled in the SAS Deployment Wizard, then the SAS Deployment
Wizard provides an Instructions.html file that describes the configuration
steps to perform the Web application server configuration. You can
use the configuration scripting tools to perform these steps automatically
instead of manually.
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Create the Web application server configuration on another
machine. This
is useful for sites that do not permit running the SAS Deployment
Wizard on the middle-tier machine. The middle-tier environment is
archived, copied to the target machine, and then the configuration
scripting tools can be used to configure the SAS middle-tier environment.
For information about preparing to install and performing the installation,
see SAS Intelligence Platform: Installation and Configuration Guide.
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Rebuild the Web application server configuration. The results are identical
to what is performed by the SAS Deployment Wizard and SAS Deployment
Manager.
The SAS configuration
scripting tools also enable an administrator to perform the following
additional tasks:
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Use a command line to perform a
configuration operation on a single resource. For example, creating
a server instance can be performed with a single command.
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Run the configuration scripting
tools in interactive mode to perform a series of commands that are
entered by hand. This feature is available for WebLogic Server deployments
only.
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Edit property files that are associated
with specific resources and then update the resources with the configuration
scripting tools.
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Use existing property files as
templates for creating additional resources. For example, an administrator
can copy the definitions for SASServer1 to a new file and then use
it as a template to create a new server instance.