Overview

User account administration is performed using SAS Management Console. SAS Management Console is a Java application that provides a single point of control for administering your SAS servers and for managing metadata objects that are used throughout with SAS Federation Server. Whenever the SAS Metadata Server is running, you can use SAS Management Console to connect to the SAS Metadata Server and view and manage the objects that are stored in the server's metadata repositories. See SAS Management Console: Guide to Users and Permissions for additional information.

SAS Metadata Server backups are facilitated using the Deployment Backup and Recovery Tool. The Deployment Backup and Recovery tool provides an integrated method for backing up and recovering your SAS content across multiple tiers and machines. The tool is installed on the middle tier as part of the SAS Web Infrastructure Platform.

By default, metadata server backups are scheduled to run at 1:00 a.m. server local time every day except Sunday. The Deployment Backup and Recovery tool, if it is configured, backs up the metadata server (along with other resources) each Sunday at 1:00 a.m. by default. Administrators can use SAS Management Console to change the metadata server backup schedule and configuration options, including the backup directory location and the backup retention policy. Backups can also be run on an unscheduled basis from SAS Management Console, from the operating system command line, from SAS, or through third-party scheduling software. For additional information, refer to SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide, “Using the Deployment Backup and Recovery Tool”.

The Deployment Backup and Recovery Tool does not backup SAS Federation Server’s system catalog (SYSCAT) and associated content. However, you can perform backup of SAS Federation Server with the backup utility, dfsutil. See Utilities for SAS Federation Server for additional information.

SAS Federation Server data management, including data access privileges, is administered with the use of various DDL statements and SQL commands. You can also accomplish data management tasks with the SAS Federation Server Manager user interface. SAS Federation Server Manager provides dialog boxes and wizards that guide you through the completion of a task, without requiring that you know the FedSQL commands required to perform the task. If you are not familiar with FedSQL and federation, you might want to use the SAS Federation Server Manager, which is intuitive and easy to use. If you are already familiar with SQL or FedSQL, you might prefer to use the Administration DDL statements presented in Appendix 1. Most of the functions performed with administration DDL, can be accomplished using SAS Federation Server Manager.