Problem Note 65853: SAS® Enterprise Miner™ nodes are executed on a local machine instead of the grid
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If you run nodes (a flow) in SAS Enterprise Miner, and Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) is enabled on a grid environment, then the run should go to the grid for execution as a grid job. However, the run is executed on the local machine, and fails to go to the grid. This failure occurs because SAS Enterprise Miner passes an unnecessary metadata-connection-option with a one-time password (OTP) for the workspace server.
An "options" message with the OTP that is passed is displayed in the workspace-server log:
metaport=8561 metauser="sasdemo@!*(generatedpassworddomain)*!"
metaserver="<server name>"
2019-12-13T14:36:38,942 INFO [00000011] :sasdemo - 1 !
metapass=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX metaprotocol=Bridge
metarepository="Foundation"; %let
EM_SERVER_CONTEXT=SASApp; %let EM_GRID_OPTIONS=;
Further down in the log, "invalid credentials" and "access denied" errors are displayed. A "server not found" note is displayed. These entries in the log indicate that the run was executed on the local machine, instead of on the grid:
2020-04-07T09:29:45,872 INFO [00000012] :bikara - NOTE: Connecting to SAS Metadata Server produced: ERROR: Invalid credentials
2020-04-07T09:29:45,872 INFO [00000012] :bikara - NOTE: Connecting to SAS Metadata Server produced: ERROR: Access denied.
2020-04-07T09:29:45,872 INFO [00000012] :bikara - NOTE: SAS application server not found; the local machine will be used.
Use one of the following two workarounds to circumvent this problem, and then rerun your flow or node:
- Log on to SAS Enterprise Miner without IWA (by entering your credentials manually on the logon page).
- Enter the following OPTIONS statement in your Enterprise Miner project start code:
options metauser="" metapass="";
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Enterprise Miner | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| HP-UX IPF | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Linux for x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
| Solaris for x64 | 15.1 | 9.4 TS1M6 | ||||
A fix for this issue for SAS Enterprise Miner 15.1 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/E5I.html#65853| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2020-04-15 15:42:12 |
| Date Created: | 2020-04-15 13:44:08 |