Analyzing the Server Log

Starting the Server Log

The information in this section is recommended for SAS/SHARE server administrators who write SAS programs.

The server log records messages that result from starting and stopping a server and from many intervening client/server transactions. The PROC SERVER statement is used to explicitly start server logging with the specific features that you want . For more information about the PROC SERVER statement, see The SERVER Procedure. Here is the syntax for the PROC SERVER statement with two options that you can use to start logging:

PROC SERVER MSGNUMBER ID=DEMOSERV;

To make the log's raw data meaningful, you can use a set of server log analysis programs to examine specific data resources and to create usable reports. Analysis of the logged data resources of several SAS/SHARE servers allows you to compare server performance and to balance workloads among them.

To prepare for server log analysis, set the message numbering feature. Message numbering assigns a number to each message that is recorded in the log. The server log analysis programs parse messages by using the associated numbers.

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