Servers in the SAS Intelligence Platform

Logging and Monitoring for SAS Servers

The SAS Intelligence Platform uses a standard logging facility to perform logging for SAS servers. The logging facility, which is new with SAS 9.2, supports problem diagnosis and resolution, performance and capacity management, and auditing and regulatory compliance. The logging facility provides the following capabilities for servers:

Log events can be directed to multiple destinations, including files, operating system facilities, and client applications.
For each log destination, you can configure the message layout, including the contents, the format, the order of information, and literal text.
For each log destination, you can configure a filter to include or exclude events based on levels and message contents.
For the metadata server, security-related events are captured, including authentication events, client connections, changes to user and group information, and permission changes.
You can generate performance-related log events in a format that can be processed by an Application Response Measurement (ARM) 4.0 server.

To monitor servers and spawners, you can use the server management features of SAS Management Console. These features enable you to do the following:

view server and spawner logs
change logging levels dynamically without stopping the server
quiesce, stop, pause, and resume servers and spawners
validate servers and spawners and test server connections
view information about current connections and processes
view performance counters that provide statistics about activity that has occurred since a server or spawner was last started

Server monitoring can also be performed using third-party products for enterprise systems management.

For more information about server logging and monitoring, see the SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide and SAS Logging: Configuration and Programming Reference.

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