Checking the Status of Servers

Checking the Access State of the SAS Metadata Server

Use SAS Management Console to Check the Access State of the SAS Metadata Server

To use SAS Management Console to determine the access state of the SAS Metadata Server:

In the SAS Management Console Plug-ins tab, expand the Metadata Manager node.
Right-click the Active Server node and select Properties.

The current state is displayed in the State field on the General tab of the Active Server Properties dialog box. If the state is Administration or Offline, then the Comment field displays any comments that were entered by the administrator who paused the server.

For a description of the Offline, Administration, and Online states, see About SAS Metadata Server States. To change the state of the metadata server, see Use SAS Management Console to Stop, Pause, Resume, or Reset the SAS Metadata Server.

Use PROC METAOPERATE to Check the Access State of the SAS Metadata Server

To check the access state of the SAS Metadata Server, you can use PROC METAOPERATE to issue a STATUS action. The syntax is as follows:

PROC METAOPERATE
  SERVER='host-name'
  PORT=port-number
  USERID='user-ID'
  PASSWORD='password'
  PROTOCOL=BRIDGE
  ACTION=STATUS;
RUN;

Any user who can log on to the SAS Metadata Server can issue a STATUS action.

If the SAS Metadata Server is running normally, information similar to the following is written to the SAS Output window:

NOTE: Server dXXXX.us.company.com SAS Version is 9.02.02B0P082107
NOTE: Server dXXXX.us.company.com SAS Long Version is 9.02.02B0P08212007 .
NOTE: Server dXXXX.us.company.com Operating System is XP_PRO.
NOTE: Server dXXXX.us.company.com Operating System Family is WIN.
NOTE: Server dXXXX.us.company.com Client is userid@DOMAIN.
NOTE: Server dXXXX.us.company.com Metadata Model is Version 11,01.
NOTE: Server dXXXX.us.company.com is RUNNING on 10Sep07:14:47:57.

If the SAS Metadata Server is paused, information similar to the following is written to the SAS Output window:

NOTE: Server dXXXX.us.company.com SAS Version is 9.02.02B0P082107
NOTE: Server dXXXX.us.company.com SAS Long Version is 9.02.02B0P08212007 .
NOTE: Server dXXXX.us.company.com Operating System is XP_PRO.
NOTE: Server dXXXX.us.company.com Operating System Family is WIN.
NOTE: Server dXXXX.us.company.com Client is userid@DOMAIN.
NOTE: Server dXXXX.us.company.com Metadata Model is Version 11,01.
NOTE: Server dXXXX.us.company.com is PAUSED on 10Sep07:14:47:57.

A SAS Metadata Server that is stopped will not respond to a PROC METAOPERATE request.

For more information about PROC METAOPERATE, see SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata.

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