Using SAS Management Console to Modify Servers

SAS Management Console provides a graphical user interface that allows you to modify a definition for a server with an IOM Bridge connection. For details about using SAS Management Console, from the SAS Management Console menu bar, select Help Help on SAS Management Console. For more information about the fields in a particular window, click Help in that window.

Modifying an Existing Server's Properties

To modify a server definition (with an IOM Bridge connection) using SAS Management Console:

1. Start SAS Management Console and connect to a metadata repository.

2. In the SAS Management Console navigation tree, expand the Server Manager to find the server object that you want to modify.

3. Select the server object, and then select File Properties from the menu bar.

4. Select the appropriate tabs, and enter the necessary changes. For a description and location of the fields, refer to the Fields for Server Definitions. When you are finished, click OK to return to the SAS Management Console main window.

Adding a Bridge Connection (SAS OLAP Servers only)

For SAS OLAP Servers, if you have defined a server with a COM connection, you might want to add an IOM Bridge connection to the server definition.

Note: You can only add one IOM Bridge connection to a server definition.

1. Start SAS Management Console and connect to a metadata repository.

2. In the SAS Management Console navigation tree, expand the Server Manager to find the server object that you want to modify.

3. Select the server object, and then select Actions Add Connection from the menu bar. The New Connection Wizard appears.

4. Enter a Name and optionally, a Description for the connection. Click Next. The Connection Options window appears.

5. Fill in the following fields:

   1. For the Authentication Domain, enter the name of a domain (Domain). Note that if you define a spawner for this server, you must use an identical domain name in the spawner definition. Click New to add a new Authentication Domain:

      • Enter a Domain.
      • Enter a description.

   2. Enter the host name (Host Name) for the machine on which the server is to run.

   3. Enter a unique port number (Port Number). The port number is required if the server will have Java clients.

   If you want to enter service or encryption parameters, click Advanced Options.

   1. On the Encryption tab, specify server encryption algorithms (Server Encryption Algorithms). Also make a selection to indicate what to encrypt (Required Encryption Level).

   2. On the Service tab, enter the service (Service).

   When you are finished entering information in the Advanced Options window, click OK. Click Next.

6. Click Finish to define the connection and return to the SAS Management Console main window.

For a description and location of the fields, refer to the Fields for Server Definitions.