Start, Shut Down, and Restart the vApp for SAS Data Loader

Overview
Use the vApp
Usage Notes for VMware Player Pro

Overview

To open SAS Data Loader for Hadoop web application, you first start the vApp for SAS Data Loader and open the SAS Data Loader: Information Center. The vApp is a virtual machine that runs a guest operating system on your client host. SAS Data Loader for Hadoop runs inside the vApp. The vApp is operated by a hypervisor, which reserves memory for the vApp and starts essential services. SAS Data Loader for Hadoop uses a hypervisor called VMware Player Pro. The hypervisor was installed and configured on your client host as specified in the SAS Data Loader for Hadoop: vApp Deployment Guide.

Use the vApp

Follow these steps to start, shut down, and restart the vApp using VMware Player Pro:
  1. Open VMware Player Pro.
  2. Click SAS Data Loader and then, when it appears, click Play virtual machine.
    Playing the virtual machine
  3. VMware Player Pro requires a minute or two to play the vApp. When the vApp is ready, the VMware Player displays the message Welcome to your SAS Data Loader Virtual Application. You might receive an informational Removable Devices window. Review the information about removable devices and click OK to close that window.
    Welcome Message and vApp Web Address
  4. When you power off or shut down the vApp, first close SAS Data Loader if it is open. Then, in the SAS Data Loader – VMware Player Pro window, click Playerthen selectPowerthen selectShut Down Guest. (The term guest refers to the guest operating system that runs the vApp.)
  5. In the VMware Player window, click Yes to confirm that you want to power-off the vApp.

Usage Notes for VMware Player Pro

You can close and reopen the SAS Data Loader web application without shutting down the vApp. The vApp continues to play until you shut it down in VMware Player Pro.
Do not close the VMware Player Pro window while the vApp is playing.
Note that if the vApp is playing, and if you click in the window SAS Data Loader – VMware Player Pro, the cursor disappears. This behavior is expected; it ensures that you have to physically enter the web address in a web browser to open the SAS Data Loader: Information Center. To restore your cursor, press Ctrl+Alt.
CAUTION:
Do not pause or suspend the vApp for SAS Data Loader.
VMware Player Pro provides a capability to suspend vApps. Suspending the vApp for SAS Data Loader is not supported. In VMware Player Pro, do not select Suspend Guest or Playerthen selectPowerthen selectSuspend Guest. Suspending the vApp can interrupt communications between the SAS Data Loader web client and the Hadoop cluster. To resolve a suspended vApp, select Playerthen selectPowerthen selectRestart Guest.
You need to restart the vApp after you change the version of Hadoop or configure a connection to a new database (see Copy Data To and From Hadoop.) To restart the vApp, open VMware Player Pro and select Playerthen selectPowerthen selectRestart Guest. (The term Guest refers to the guest operating system that runs in the vApp.)
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