Contents
About
Accessibility
About This Book
Introduction
General Overview
Introduction to SAS IT Resource Management
Lockdown Feature
Architecture and Basic Principles for Data Administrators
How to Locate Documentation
National Language Support (NLS)
Terminology Changes
Preparing to Work with the SAS IT Resource Management Client
Working with SAS Management Console
Working with SAS Enterprise Guide
Working with Metadata
Additional Requirements for z/OS
Working with the SAS IT Resource Management Client
Overview of the SAS IT Resource Management Client
Features of the SAS IT Resource Management Client
Working with Wizards
SAS IT Resource Management Transformations
Icons for SAS IT Resource Management Objects
Accessing and Processing IT Data
IT Data Mart
About the IT Data Mart
Working with IT Data Marts
Importing, Exporting, and Promoting Metadata
Adapters
About Adapters
Working with Template Tables
Maintaining Template Tables and Staged Tables Based on Adapter Changes
Formulas
About Formulas
Working with Formulas
Staging the Data
About Staging the Data
Working with Staging Transformations
Working with Staged Tables
Columns in Staged Tables
Computed Columns in Staged Tables
Staging VMware Data Using Local Time
Understanding External Names of Staged Tables and Columns
How to Add Columns to Existing MXG Staged Tables
How to Use Imported Columns
Insufficient Disk Space
Aggregating the Data
Overview of the Aggregation Transformation
About Aggregation Tables
Preparing to Create an Aggregation Table
Creating an Aggregation Table with the Simple Aggregation Table Wizard
Creating Aggregation Tables with the Summarized Aggregation Table Wizard
Creating Aggregation Tables with the Aggregation through the Template Wizard
Cloning an Aggregation Table
Adding a New Column to an Aggregation Table
Deleting an Aggregation Table
Editing or Modifying an Aggregation Table
Publishing an Aggregation Table as Template
Purging Contents of an Aggregation Table
Renaming an Aggregation Table
Indexing an Aggregation Table
Working with Aggregation Transformations
Working with Aggregation Transformation Filters
Exception Analysis Processing
Overview of Exception Analysis Processing
How to Use the Exception Analysis Feature
How Are Exceptions Evaluated?
About the Exception Transformation
Working with the Exception Transformation
Defining an Exception Definition with the New Exception Definition Wizard
Exception and Exception Condition Tables
Examples of the Exception Analysis Process
Adapter Setup Wizard
About the Adapter Setup Wizard
Using the Adapter Setup Wizard
What Does the Adapter Setup Wizard Create?
Domain Categories
Deploy and Run Jobs That the Adapter Setup Wizard and Add Domain Category Wizard Create
Add Domain Category Wizard
About the Add Domain Category Wizard
Using the Add Domain Category Wizard
What Does the Add Domain Category Wizard Create?
Information Maps
About Information Maps
About Information Map Transformations
User-Specified Information Map Transformations
Information Map Objects That Are Generated by the Adapter Setup Wizard and the Add Domain Category Wizard
Working with Information Map Filters
Using SAS Information Map Studio
Troubleshooting Information Maps Problems
User-Written Staging Code
User-Written Staging Transformations
Guidelines for Processing Data with User-Written Staging Transformations
Working with User-Written Staging Transformations
Using the Additional Generated Code
What Are the Properties of the User-Written Staging Transformation?
Jobs
Jobs That Process IT Data
Working with Jobs
Running Jobs
Running an “Overall” Job with the %RMRUNETL Macro
Allocating the Raw Data File Externally
Appendixes
SAS IT Resource Management Components
Data Sources Supported by SAS IT Resource Management Adapters
Data Sources Supported by SAS IT Resource Management Adapters
Supported Adapters
MXG Adapters — Accessing Raw Data
Amazon CloudWatch — Accessing Raw Data
BMC Perf Mgr — Accessing Raw Data
CSV Adapter - Accessing Raw Data
DT Perf Sentry — Accessing Raw Data
Ganglia — Accessing Raw Data
HP Perf Agent — Accessing Raw Data
RRDtool — Accessing Raw Data
SAR — Accessing Raw Data
SNMP — Accessing Raw Data
Web Log — Accessing Raw Data
Database Adapters: HP Reporter, MS SCOM, SAP ERP, SAS EV, and VMware
HP Reporter - Accessing Data
MS SCOM - Accessing Data
SAP ERP - Accessing Data
SAS Environment Manager (SAS EV) — Accessing Data
VMware vCenter - Accessing Data
Working with the VMware Lookup TableVMware
VMware Data Acquisition Jobs
Working with IBM SMF Custom Tables
Working with MXG Code to Stage Data
How MSU and MIPS Columns Are Included in Staged Tables for the SMF Adapter
Staging Parameters
Staging Parameters
Staging Parameters for Supported Adapters
User-Written Staging Parameters
Jobs That the Adapter Setup and the Add Domain Category Wizards Create
Duplicate-Data Checking
Duplicate-Data Checking Overview
How Is Data Checked for Duplicates?
Control Data Sets for Duplicate-Data Checking
Working with Duplicate-Data Checking Macros
How to Implement Duplicate-Data Checking from a Staging Transformation
Additional Details for the MS SCOM and HP Reporter Database Adapters
Duplicate-Data Checking for User-Written Staging Code
Examples
Data Model
Overview of the SAS IT Resource Management Data Model
Data Model Adapter and Domain Category Specifications
What Are Key Metrics?
Key Metrics for the Server Performance Domain Category
Naming Standards
About Naming Standards for SAS IT Resource Management Objects
Naming Standards and Location of Objects
Macros
Introduction to the Macros in SAS IT Resource Management
%RMDELETE
%RMDELPVT
%RMDMPATH
Duplicate-Data Checking Macros
%RMMSBMCP
%RMMSDTPS
%RMMSSCOM
%RMMSSNMP
%RMPROINT
%RMRUNETL
%RMVINST
Backup and Recovery Macros
Macros to Handle Large Data Volumes
Macros for SAS Visual Analytics Integration
Best Practices and Troubleshooting Tips
How to Back Up SAS IT Resource Management
How to Backload Raw Data
How to Set the Logging Level for the Web Application Server
Debugging Problems in SAS IT Resource Management
Use the Apply Button to Update Metadata
Tips for Working with the IT Data Mart
Tips for Working with Aggregations
How to Maintain the Latest Raw Value in an Aggregation Table
Tips for Working with Information Maps
Tips for Configuring and Administering SAS IT Resource Management
Handling Holidays
Performance Issues
Method for Overriding Locations at Execution Time
Overriding Locations at Execution Time
Processing Large Files of Data
Processing Multiple Files of Data
Overriding Locations in the Information Map Transformation
Overriding Locations in the Exception Transformation
Overriding Locations in the Performance Report Transformation
Calculations Performed by SAS IT Resource Management
RRDtool for Open-Source Management Tools
Using a Command Line to Deploy Jobs
Working with SAS Visual Analytics in SAS IT Resource Management
Working with SAS Visual Analytics in SAS IT Resource Management
Using SAS Visual Analytics Designer with SAS IT Resource Management Data Sources
SAS Visual Analytics Macros
Recommended Reading
Product
Release
SAS IT Resource Management
Type
Administration
Copyright Date
February 2016
Last Updated
16Feb2016