The initial configuration
of the logical grid servers is performed by the SAS Deployment Wizard.
However, a SAS grid administrator might need to modify the existing
grid metadata or add new grid metadata definitions.
A SAS administrator
performs these steps to specify or modify the required and optional
properties as metadata for the SAS Grid Server:
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In SAS Management Console,
open the metadata repository that contains the metadata for the Logical
Grid Server.
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In the navigation tree,
select
Server Manager.
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Expand the folders under
Server
Manager until you see the metadata objects for the SAS
application server, such as
SASApp
,
and its Logical Grid Server component.
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Expand the Logical Grid
Server component so that you see the metadata object for the Grid
Server.
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Right-click the metadata
object for the Grid Server, and select
Properties.
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In the
Properties window
for the Grid Server, click the
Options tab.
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The fields on the
Options tab
are:
the grid middleware
provider. This value is Platform. This value is used to communicate
with the grid control server.
the script, application,
or service that Platform Suite for SAS uses to start server sessions
on the grid nodes. Any SAS options that are included in this command
are passed to the grid jobs.
This value is the path
to the sasgrid.cmd file (Windows) or sasgrid script file (UNIX). Because
this same command is used to start the servers on all grid nodes,
the path to the directory on each grid node must be the same. For
example:
C:\SAS\Grid\Lev1\SASApp\GridServer\sasgrid
a user-defined string
that specifies the resources or the types of jobs that can be processed
on the grid. For example, the grid administrator could create resources
named di_short and di_long for short- and long-running SAS Data Integration
Studio jobs. By placing those values in this field, SAS Data Integration
Studio users can select one of those values from the SAS Data Integration
Studio options dialog boxes.
See Using SAS Data Integration Studio with a SAS Grid . After the values are selected, the
value is sent with the job to the grid so that the job runs only on
the machines that have the specified resource defined.
specifies the shared
library name or the class name of the support plug-in for Platform
Suite for SAS. Leave blank unless directed otherwise by SAS Technical
Support.
the options used by
the SAS command to start a session on the grid node or to control
the operation of the job. Examples include the job priority, the job
queue, or user group that is associated with the job. Job options
are specified as name/value pairs in this format:
option-1=value-1;option-2="value-2
with spaces";
...
option-n='value-n with spaces';
Here
is an example of additional options that specify that all jobs that
use this logical grid server go to the priority queue in the project
“payroll”:
queue=priority;
project='payroll'
Do not require SAS Application Server name as a
grid resource
if selected, specifies
that the SAS Application Server name is not used by the grid to determine
which grid node processes the requests. If this check box is cleared,
the SAS Application Server name is included as a required resource.
This option is typically not selected. Select this option if you are
implementing a SAS floating license grid and no resources are defined
on the individual grid nodes.
For more information,
see Removing the Resource Name Requirement.
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After you complete the
field entries, click
OK to save the changes
and close the
Grid Server Properties window.
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In the display area
(right-hand side) on SAS Management Console, right-click the
Connection object
for the Grid Server, and then select
Properties.
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In the
Properties window
for the Grid Server Connection, click the
Options tab.
The fields on this tab are:
the authentication
domain used for connections to the server. Set this value to <none>
the host name or network
address of the grid control server.
the port used to connect
to the grid control server. This value should always be set to 0 (zero).