What's New

What's New in Application Server Administration for the SAS 9.2 Intelligence Platform


Overview

The SAS Intelligence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide explains how to administer a SAS Application Server.

This document contains new material about the following enhancements and changes to the SAS Intelligence Platform:


Server-based Pooling Mechanism

The SAS Pooled Workspace Server is a new SAS server type that exploits server-based pooling.


Change to OBJECTSERVERPARMS System Option

You no longer need to specify the OBJECTSERVERPARMS option, METAAUTOINIT, because it is on by default in SAS 9.2. (You can turn this option off by using the NOMETAUTOINIT option.)


New Configuration Tools

These are the new SAS configuration tools:


Security Enhancements

SAS contains these security changes:


Load-Balancing Changes

SAS contains these changes to server load balancing:


Grid Algorithm for Load Balancing

SAS has a new load-balancing algorithm that supports Workspace servers running in a grid.


New SAS Logging Facility

SAS has a new logging facility controlled by the LOGCONFIGLOC system option. The traditional SAS log option LOGPARM= is ignored. The traditional SAS log option LOG= is recognized only when the %S{App.Log} conversion character is specified in the logging configuration file. For more information, see The SAS Logging Facility in SAS Logging: Configuration and Programming Reference.


Automated SAS Server Tier Configuration

SAS has eliminated most post-install manual configuration scripts for the SAS server tier initial configuration through its new deployment tool, the SAS Deployment Wizard.


Port Changes

The following SAS default ports have changed:


Documentation Enhancements

The SAS Intelligence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide has been reorganized to reflect the new SAS features.