What to Do Next: Administration Tasks

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
Check the status of a server of or of a metadata repository.	Checking the Status of Servers
Monitor the activity of servers.	Monitoring the Activity of SAS Servers
Perform regular full backups of the metadata server.	Best Practices for Backing Up and Restoring Your System
Use server logs and configure logging options.	Administering Logging for SAS Servers and SAS Logging: Configuration and Programming Reference
Create a new metadata repository.	Creating, Registering, Moving, Copying, Renaming, and Deleting SAS Metadata Repositories
Promote individual metadata objects or groups of objects.	Using the Promotion Tools

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. In this guide, you can use the Checklist for a More Secure Deployment 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: 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/92administration. [cautionend]

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