Installing the Software for the First Time :: SAS® MDM 4.3: Administrator's Guide

Overview

SAS MDM is available through SAS delivery channels. For information about installing this product, see your SAS Software Order Email (SOE).

The following table lists default software locations:

Description	Default Path
Windows installation	`<SAS Home Directory>\<product_instance_name>\<version>`
UNIX installation	`<SAS Home Directory>/<product_instance_name>/<version>`
SAS MDM support files and the associated data management repository on client machines	`C:\ProgramData\SAS\DataManagement\FileStorage\SASMDM`
SAS mid-tier servers	`\SAS\<configuration_name>`

Note: In the descriptions in this guide, <SAS MDM Install Directory> represents C:\ProgramData\SAS\DataManagement\FileStorage\.

SAS MDM installation and configuration is a multi-step process. Depending on your target host systems, the process might need to be repeated on multiple computers if required by your deployment plan.

Pre-Installation

Your SAS SOE directs you to the complete pre-installation checklist. Outstanding SAS Notes about installation are available at the following location: http://support.sas.com/notes/index.html.

Here is the basic pre-installation information:

Your plan.xml file and SAS installation data file (SID file) must be in a directory accessible to the SAS Deployment Wizard. Accept the SAS Deployment Wizard default configuration settings unless you are otherwise instructed.
The SAS Data Management Console can be configured to give you access to SAS Visual Analytics through an application link. If you intend to use this feature, ensure that all prerequisites for the installation of SAS Visual Analytics have been met.

Note: The delayed deployment of SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting is supported.
JDBC drivers must be downloaded from the website of the database vendor before beginning the installation process. The SAS Deployment Wizard prompts you for the correct JDBC driver. The SAS MDM web application requires these files to connect to the SAS MDM target database

During the installation and configuration process, you are asked for information about your target SAS MDM database. The target database is the Oracle or SQL Server database into which your master data is loaded. Data Management Studio and Data Management Server must also connect to the SAS MDM target database. Have the following information available before you start the installation process:

Database Parameters
Parameter	Default Values
SAS MDM Database vendor	Oracle or SQL Server
SAS MDM Database DSN	SASMDM
SAS MDM Database name	mdm
SAS MDM Database schema	MDM
SAS MDM Database port	Oracle: 1521 or SQL Server: 1433
SAS MDM Database Oracle SID	mdm
SAS MDM Database password	SASMDMpw1
SAS MDM Database host	Host where the database is installed

For more information about how to define users, schemas, tablespaces, and other key features required for SAS MDM to deploy correctly, see Configuring Databases. At a minimum, you must supply database and user configuration information, or the application does not start successfully.

Post-Installation

For post-installation configuration instructions, see Configuring SAS MDM.