Fields for the Spawner Definition

The spawner definition contains information for an instance of a SAS spawner (see Spawner Overview). The spawner is defined using the fields listed in the following table. For each option, the table shows the following information:

• the name that identifies the field name in SAS Management Console. Under each field's name, the table shows the corresponding properties tab and field name in the SAS Management Console application.

• "Required" or "Optional" to indicate whether the field is required.

• the type of server connection for which the field is used.

  Note: Spawners are used only with servers that use an IOM Bridge connection. Therefore, IOM Bridge is listed as the connection type for each option.

• a definition of the field.

Fields for the Spawner Definition
Field Name	Required/ Optional	Connection Type	Definition
Associated Machines In SAS Management Console: Options    Associated Machines	Optional	IOM Bridge	The name of the machine on which this spawner will run and listen for connection requests for the server. (The list of machine names is created from the machine names for the servers that have are already defined in a metadata repository. If the desired machine name is not listed, then you must create a server definition for this machine. For details, see Using SAS Management Console to Define Servers.)
Authentication Domain In SAS Management Console: <Connection>    Options   Authentication Domain	Optional	IOM Bridge	The domain that is associated with a set of computing resources that use the same authentication process. The spawner definition must have the same authentication domain name as the server with which it connects. The spawner uses the authentication domain name, along with the machine name to determine which servers it services.
Description In SAS Management Console: General    Description	Optional	IOM Bridge	Text to summarize why this definition exists.
Encryption Key Length In SAS Management Console: Options    Encryption Key Length	Optional	IOM Bridge	A numeric value (0, 40, or 128) that specifies the encryption key length. See SAS/SECURE documentation for more information regarding this field.
Host Name In SAS Management Console: <Connection>   Options    Host Name	Required	IOM Bridge	The DNS name and IP address for the machine on which this spawner definition can execute. The machine name must be the official network name (for example, machine.corp.com). The string localhost can be used to signify the host on which the spawner is executing.
Log File In SAS Management Console: Initialization    Log File	Optional	IOM Bridge	A fully qualified path to the file in which spawner activity is to be logged. Paths with blank spaces must be enclosed in quotation marks. On Windows, paths with embedded blank spaces must be enclosed in double quotation marks. On z/OS, specify filenames similar to UNIX file paths due to the requirement for z/OS UNIX System Services.
Major Version Number In SAS Management Console: Options    Major Version Number	Required	IOM Bridge	Specifies the major version number of the component.
Minor Version Number In SAS Management Console: Options    Minor Version Number	Required	IOM Bridge	Specifies the minor version number of the component.
Name In SAS Management Console: General    Name	Required	IOM Bridge	The unique name for this spawner. When specified at spawner invocation, its value identifies which spawner definition to use.
Operator Login In SAS Management Console: Initialization: Operator Login   Operator Login	Required	IOM Bridge	The login that contains the password the spawner uses when starting a server as an operator connection. Click New to define a new login. If you do not specify a login, the operator password defaults to sasobjspawn.
Port In SAS Management Console: <Connection>    Options   Port	Required	IOM Bridge	The port on which to connect to the spawner. If neither port nor service is specified, the service name sasobjspawn is used as the service. The type of port depends on the following values of Protocol: Protocol=Load Balancing Port for a load balancing connection. The default is 8571. Protocol=UUID Port for a UUID connection. The default is 8551. Protocol=Operator Port for the operator connection. The default is 8581.
Protocol In SAS Management Console: <Connection>    Protocol	Optional	IOM Bridge	The type of connection. Possible values are Load Balancing Connection to a load balancing port or service. UUID Connection to a UUID port or service. Operator Connection to the operator port or service.
Servers In SAS Management Console: Servers	Required	IOM Bridge	The list of servers that this spawner is permitted to start. (The servers that are listed have been defined to run on the same host as the spawner.) Select the servers you want this spawner to start. Click New to define a new server that runs on the same host as the spawner.
Service In SAS Management Console: <Connection>    Advanced Options    Service	Optional	IOM Bridge	The service in which to connect to the spawner. If neither port nor service is specified, the service name sasobjspawn is used as the service. The type of service depends on the following values of Protocol. Protocol=Load Balancing Service is the load balancing service. Protocol=UUID Service is the UUID service. Protocol=Operator Service is the operator service.
Software Version In SAS Management Console: Options    Software Version	Required	IOM Bridge	Specifies the version of the spawner software.
Verbose In SAS Management Console: Initialization    Verbose	Optional	IOM Bridge	When selected, this value causes the spawner to record more details in the log file (LogFile or slf).