Post-Installation Verification and Configuration of SAS Model Manager

After you install SAS 9.3 and SAS Model Manager 3.1 using SAS Software Depot, you must perform additional configuration steps before you can use SAS Model Manager.

Verify that all installation and configuration steps in the instructions.html file have been completed. The instructions.html file is located in \sasconfigdir\Lev#\Documents\.
The SAS Deployment Wizard (SDW) does not create SAS Model Manager users by default. The SAS Administrator must create users in SAS Management Console (SMC) with the appropriate group and role permissions. Verify that all users who were created during the installation process to use SAS Model Manager are granted the appropriate permissions to the SAS Workspace Server. In a Windows environment, each user or group must be granted permission to the Log on as a batch job local security policy. In a UNIX environment all SAS Model Manager users must be part of a group that has the appropriate group permissions. For more information, see Creating Operating System Accounts in UNIX Environments and Configuring Users, Groups, and Roles.
If the SAS Workspace Server is located in a UNIX environment, you must enable the SAS Workspace Server XCMD option in order to support R model functionality. For more information, see Enabling the SAS Workspace Server XCMD Option.
If the SAS Model Manager In-Database Scoring Scripts product is part of your SAS 9.3 deployment, additional configuration steps are required to prepare the database for publishing and scoring in SAS Model Manager. For more information, see Preparing a Database for Use with SAS Model Manager in SAS In-Database Products: Administrator's Guide.
Configure SAS Workflow. For more information, see Configuring SAS Workflow for Use with SAS Model Manager.
To perform tasks such as performance monitoring and model retrain, you must modify the contents of the -JREOPTIONS parameter by using the sasv9_usermods.cfg file. There are multiple versions of this file. Modify the file that is located in the \sasconfigdir\Lev#\SASApp\WorkspaceServer\ directory.
The following lines of code and user-supplied values must be added to the file:
```
-JREOPTIONS=(
-Djgroups.bind_addr=[IP Address]
-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true
-Djava.net.preferIPv6Addresses=false
)
```
If you do not know the correct value for the JGroups bind address, you can find the value on the server where SAS Remote Services is installed. To retrieve the IP address, use the ipconfig command for Windows and use the ifconfig command for UNIX. The parameters for the ifconfig command can vary depending on the UNIX platform that is being used. For more information about these commands and their parameters, see your platform documentation. If you use IPv4 network addresses, the true and false values above are valid. If you use the IPv6 network address, you must reverse the true and false values. That is preferIPv4Stack=false and preferIPv6addresses=true.

Note: In certain circumstances, such as machines with multiple network adapters or protocols, you might need to perform additional configurations for the JGroups bind address. For more information, see Configuring the JGroups Bind Address in SAS Intelligence Platform: Middle-Tier Administration Guide..
Verify the configuration of the dashboard reports directory on the SAS Workspace Server. For more information, see Configuring the Dashboard Reports Directory.
If you have installed SAS Model Manager to use with SAS Enterprise Miner, you must access the SAS Content Server and create a public directory for SAS Enterprise Miner to register a model SAS package (SPK) file. To create a SAS Content Server public directory, follow these steps:
1. Access the SAS Content Server Administration Console by entering http://hostname:port/SASContentServer/dircontents.jsp. An example of hostname:port is localhost:8080. Log in using the SAS Administrator account (for example, sasadm@saspw) that you defined during the SAS installation process.
2. In the Add folder field, enter a folder name such as Models.
3. Click Add folder.
4. The Models folder is displayed in the Item name column.
5. Click the Permissions icon that is associated with the Models folder.
6. In the Add principal field, enter the value jcr:all. Change all of the permissions to Yes.
7. Click Save Changes.
8. Log off from the SAS Content Server Administration Console and restart any open SAS Enterprise Miner sessions to pick up the changes.
If you have installed SAS Model Manager to use with SAS Enterprise Miner, you must configure the SAS Metadata Repository to use the SAS Content Server public directory that you created previously. Follow these steps:
1. In SAS Management Console, expand Application Management on the Plug-ins tab. SAS Enterprise Miner should be listed and should contain subfolders.
2. Expand the Projects folder.
3. Right-click the SAS Workspace Server that is associated with your SAS Enterprise Miner installation, and select Properties. An example is SASApp - Logical Workspace Server.
4. Click on the Options tab.
5. In the WebDAV URL field, enter http://hostname:port/SASContentServer/repository/default/Models/.
  
  Note: WebDAV is used to register a model SPK file from SAS Enterprise Miner.
6. Click OK and then restart any open SAS Enterprise Miner sessions to pick up the changes.

For more information about post-installation tasks, see the SAS 9.3 installation documentation.