SAS 9.3 Intelligence Platform System Administration

The SAS 9.3 Metadata Server includes a new server-based facility that performs metadata server backups automatically on a scheduled basis. By default, backups are performed daily at 1:00 a.m. server local time. The new facility can also be used to perform recoveries (including roll-forward recovery) and ad hoc backups. The facility is available from the Metadata Manager plug-in in SAS Management Console. For more information, see Backing Up and Recovering the SAS Metadata Server in SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide.

The following features have been removed in SAS 9.3:

When you migrate to SAS 9.3, the SAS Deployment Wizard removes all SAS 9.1.3 and SAS 9.2 backup and restore jobs, backup schedules, and backup programs that are registered in SAS Management Console.

For more information, see SAS Note 40834 at http://support.sas.com/kb/40/834.html.

You can use the SAS Migration Utility to migrate your SAS content from one SAS 9.3 deployment to another. For more information, see SAS Migration Utility Reference in SAS Intelligence Platform: Migration Guide.

The SAS Folders tree includes new virtual folders from which you can promote SAS Application Server objects and security objects (including users, user groups, roles, and access control templates). The virtual folders are represented by white folder icons. They are called virtual folders because they do not actually store metadata objects.

The SAS Table Server has been replaced by the SAS Framework Data Server. This server is the default location for middle-tier data such as alerts, comments, and workflows, as well as data for the SAS Content Server and SAS Service Parts Optimization. The server is provided as an alternative to using a third-party DBMS. (The server cannot be used as a general-purpose data store.)

The SAS Deployment Tester Server is not started by default in SAS 9.3. If the server is installed as a Windows service, it is set up to be started manually. On UNIX and z/OS systems, the server is not included in the sas.servers script.

When you finish deploying, upgrading, or applying maintenance to SAS 9.3, the SAS Deployment Tester Server is automatically started on each server-tier and middle-tier machine so that you can test the newly installed components. After you perform these initial tests, as a best practice, stop the server so that the resources will be available for other processes. To run subsequent tests for troubleshooting or other purposes, you can start the server as needed.