SAS(R) Platform Administration Fast Track

Target group

Course structure

Exploring SAS 9 Administration

• Introduction to SAS 9.4 administration.
• Administration tasks.
• Exploring administration tools.

Reviewing SAS Components

• Exploring the SAS 9 architecture.
• Operating SAS servers and spawners.
• Exploring SAS Environment Manager.

Understanding Metadata, Backups, and Hot Fixes

• Exploring the SAS Metadata Server and metadata repositories.
• Backing up the SAS Metadata Server.
• Backing up the SAS environment.
• Applying hot fixes.

Administering Users, Groups, and Roles

• Exploring initial authentication to the SAS Metadata Server.
• Administering users and groups.
• Exploring internal accounts, roles, and administrative identities.

Managing SAS Compute Servers and Spawners

• Understanding SAS Compute Servers.
• Exploring credential management.
• Administering server logging.

Securing Metadata

• Reviewing metadata security.
• Exploring ACTs and metadata permissions.
• Customizing SAS folders.

Establishing Connectivity to Data Sources

• Registering libraries and tables in metadata.
• Setting up data access.

Monitoring Your SAS Environment

• Monitoring a SAS environment with SAS Environment Manager.
• Troubleshooting a SAS environment.
• Maintenance and ongoing administration tasks.

Additional Topics

• Metadata server clustering.
• Monitoring resources: the Analyze pages.
• SAS import macros.