SAS® 9.4 Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide, Fourth Edition : SAS Help Center

What's New in System Administration for the SAS 9.4 Intelligence Platform

Part 1Getting Started

Introduction to the SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide

Understanding the State of Your System

Overview of the Administration Tools

Who Can Do What: Credential Requirements for SAS Management Console Tasks

What to Do Next: Administration Tasks

Part 2Starting, Stopping, and Checking the Status of Servers

Operating Your Servers

Checking the Status of Servers

Using the Deployment Tester

Part 3System Monitoring and Logging

Monitoring the Activity of SAS Servers

Administering Logging for SAS Servers

Part 4Backing Up and Restoring Your SAS Content

About Backing Up and Restoring Your SAS Content

Backing Up and Recovering the SAS Metadata Server

What to Do If the SAS Metadata Server Is Unresponsive

Part 5Administering the SAS Metadata Server

Metadata Server Configuration Tasks

Managing Metadata Server Memory

Using Metadata Server Clustering

Part 6Managing SAS Metadata

Managing SAS Metadata Repositories

Working with SAS Folders

Managing Setinit (License) Information in Metadata

Part 7Using the Promotion Tools

Promotion Tools Overview

Using the Export SAS Package and Import SAS Package Wizards

Reference Information for Promotion Tools

Part 8SAS Intelligence Platform Batch Tools: Reference

Using the SAS Intelligence Platform Batch Tools

Batch Tools for Metadata Management

Using the Batch Export and Import Tools

Using the Batch Relationship Reporting Tools

Using the Batch Tools for Metadata Server Administration

Using the Deployment Backup and Recovery Tool

Part 9Appendixes

Reference: Configuration Directories

Default Locations for Server Logs

Configuration Files

Options for the Metadata Server Invocation Command

Using the SAS Deployment Manager to Update Host Name References

Rebuild the Windows Service Definition

Recommended Reading

Last updated: August 13, 2026