Overview of the State of Your System

Before you begin administering the SAS Intelligence Platform, you should be aware of the following components that have been put in place during the installation and deployment process:
  • SAS Management Console, which is a Java application that provides a single point of control for administering the SAS Intelligence Platform.
  • SAS Deployment Manager and SAS Web Administration Console, which are also used to administer the SAS Intelligence Platform.
  • the SAS Metadata Server, which serves metadata from one or more SAS Metadata Repositories to all SAS Intelligence Platform client applications.
  • the SAS Application Server components that have been installed and configured in your environment to run SAS processes. These components can include SAS Workspace Servers, SAS Pooled Workspace Servers, SAS Stored Process Servers, SAS OLAP Servers, SAS/CONNECT servers, SAS Grid Servers, and SAS batch servers.
    Note: In the SAS Intelligence Platform, the term server refers to a program or programs that wait for and fulfill requests from client programs for data or services. The term server does not necessarily refer to a specific computer, since a single computer can host one or more servers of various types.
  • other SAS servers that might have been installed in your environment, including a SAS/SHARE server, a SAS Content Server, and a SAS Framework Data Server.
  • the ports that are used by each server to listen for incoming requests.
  • the configuration directory that stores configuration files, logs, scripts, and special-purpose SAS data sets on each SAS server machine and each middle-tier machine.
  • the main configuration files that control the operation of the system.
  • the initial SAS users, groups, and roles that have been defined, both on your host operating systems and in the SAS Metadata Repository.