Step 2: Review Prerequisites

Please meet the following prerequisites before you install and configure the vApp for SAS Data Loader:
  • Contact your SAS administrator as needed to confirm that your Hadoop cluster is ready to accept connections from the vApp for SAS Data Loader. To enable these connections, the administrator must first install and configure SAS In-Database Technologies for Hadoop, as described in the SAS Data Loader for Hadoop: Administrator's Guide.
  • During the configuration process, you need to identify the location of Hadoop JAR files that are stored on the client host. Contact your Hadoop administrator to ensure that the latest Hadoop JAR files have been copied to your computer.
  • To use the directives Copy Data to Hadoop and Copy Data from Hadoop, you need to copy JDBC drivers from the Hadoop cluster to the shared folder on your client host, as directed by your Hadoop administrator. For details, see Install JDBC Drivers and Add Database Connections in SAS Data Loader for Hadoop: User's Guide. If the SAS Data Loader for Hadoop vApp is already started, be sure to restart it after you copy the files.
  • If your site uses Kerberos security, your Hadoop administrator needs to configure Kerberos on the Hadoop cluster and on your client host, as described in the SAS Data Loader for Hadoop: Administrator’s Guide. The Hadoop administrator also needs to provide Kerberos configuration values and the locations of the Kerberos files that were installed on your client host. If you do not have this information, contact your Hadoop administrator.
  • Configure the supported browser on the client host to support Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA). This configuration process might have been performed by your Hadoop administrator. To confirm or add IWA support, see Support for Integrated Windows Authentication in the SAS Intelligence Platform: Middle-Tier Administration Guide.
  • If your site intends to use the directive Load Data to LASR, then your SAS Administrator needs to install a grid of SAS LASR Analytic Servers, release 6.4 or later. For more information, including configuration prerequisites, see Load Data to LASR in SAS Data Loader for Hadoop: User's Guide.