If a SAS configuration directory path includes spaces, then an extra log file named is created when you run WebLogic Node Manager as a Windows service. For example, if you have the directory path C:\SAS Config\..., then a log file named 'C:\SAS' is created. The extra log is actually a copy of the log that is generated by the service wrapper beasvc.exe.

This behavior occurs when quotation marks are missing around the path in the -log parameter that appears in the installNodeMgrSvc.cmd script. This script file resides in C:\SAS Config\Lev1\Web\SASDomain\bin\.

For example, the following line, which appears in InsatllNodeManagerSvc.cmd, has an element without quotations –log parameter:

This behavior does not affect the successful running of your SAS Web applications.

To work around the problem, do the following:

1. Navigate to C:\SAS-configuration-directory\Lev1\Web\SASDomain\bin
2. Make a backup copy of the installNodeMgrSvc.cmd script.
3. In the original installNodeMgrSvc.cmd script, add double quotation marks to the path that follows the –log parameter, as show in this example:
   -log:"%NODEMGR_HOME%\beasvc.log"

   Save this modified script.

4. Run the uninstallNodeMgrSvc.cmd script to stop and uninstall the service.
5. Run the installNodeMgrSvc.cmd script that you modified and saved in step 3.
6. Restart the Windows service.

A fix for this behavior is planned for a future release of SAS^® 9.3.

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