If you run the Metadata Analysis/Repair Tools wizard from within the SAS^® Management Console against your SAS^® Foundation Metadata Repository and you have one or more custom or project repositories registered to your SAS^® Metadata Server, you will see messages similar to the following in your SAS Metadata Server log:

When you run the Metadata Analysis/Repair Tools wizard, the SAS Metadata Server is automatically paused in the Administration mode. This causes new incoming SAS Metadata Server requests to wait in a queue. When the Metadata Analysis/Repair Tools wizard executes, internally cached authorization information is reset for all open repositories. The log message above occurs because this reset is trying to access an internal permissions list that is temporarily unavailable when the SAS Foundation repository is off-line for the Metadata Analysis/Repair Tools wizard's activity. This message does not indicate that SAS metadata security or integrity is compromised. Once the Metadata Analysis/Repair Tools wizard completes and the metadata server resumes, the internal permissions list is once again available and the corresponding metadata server authorization information is rebuilt.

The number of logged messages that appear is based on the total number of permissions that is assigned to each identity in the Default ACT of each repository that is not SAS Foundation, and the number of Metadata Analysis/Repair Tools wizard options that you select. Therefore, a server that has many repositories registered that are not SAS Foundation will likely have a significant number of these messages logged each time the Metadata Analysis/Repair Tools wizard is run for the SAS Foundation repository.

These log messages can be safely ignored.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS Metadata Server	z/OS	9.3	9.4	9.3 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.3	9.4	9.3 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.3	9.4	9.3 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.3	9.4	9.3 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.3	9.4	9.3 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64	9.3	9.4	9.3 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008	9.3	9.4	9.3 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	9.3	9.4	9.3 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.3	9.4	9.3 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit	9.3		9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	9.3		9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit	9.3		9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Home Premium x64	9.3		9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Professional 32 bit	9.3		9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Professional x64	9.3		9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit	9.3		9.3 TS1M0
		Windows 7 Ultimate x64	9.3		9.3 TS1M0
		Windows Vista	9.3	9.4	9.3 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Windows Vista for x64	9.3	9.4	9.3 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.3	9.4	9.3 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.3	9.4	9.3 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.3	9.4	9.3 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		HP-UX IPF	9.3	9.4	9.3 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Linux	9.3	9.4	9.3 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Linux for x64	9.3	9.4	9.3 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0
		Solaris for x64	9.3	9.4	9.3 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M0

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

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This informational message is harmless and can appear when you are running the Metadata Analyze and Repair utility.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	low
Topic:	System Administration ==> Logging System Administration ==> Security ==> Permissions System Administration ==> Servers ==> Metadata

Date Modified:	2011-07-20 11:18:07
Date Created:	2011-05-10 12:42:55