topic Re: Admin Tip - How to check a SAS Setinit/License in Metadata? in Administration and Deployment

Admin Tip - How to check a SAS Setinit/License in Metadata?

MichelleHomes — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 00:09:24 GMT

When you apply a new SAS license (setinit) each year, do you forget to also update it in metadata? @PaulHomes sometimes does and remembers when he gets an email from the SAS platform itself...

Paul wrote a blog post on How to check a SAS Setinit/License in Metadata that you may find helpful and be sure to also read the comments where @GerryNelson shares a link to his excellent video showing how to set up proactive license expiration alert emails with SAS Environment Manager.

https://platformadmin.com/blogs/paul/2018/09/checking-a-sas-setinit-license-in-metadata/

Cheers,

Michelle

Re: Admin Tip - How to check a SAS Setinit/License in Metadata?

JuanS_OCS — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 07:25:28 GMT

Thank you Michelle @MichelleHomes and Paul @PaulHomes for your constant contributions to the SASAdmin community.

I will make a cross reference with @MarkThomas 's contribution: How to quietly automate the application of SAS licenses

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Communities-Library/Scripting-SAS-9-4-License-Updates-quietly/ta-p/394895

Re: Admin Tip - How to check a SAS Setinit/License in Metadata?

MichelleHomes — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 07:26:02 GMT

Thanks @JuanS_OCS and excellent cross-reference article!

Re: Admin Tip - How to check a SAS Setinit/License in Metadata?

JuanS_OCS — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 07:26:55 GMT

Thanks for editing the extra blank space in the URL 🙂

Re: Admin Tip - How to check a SAS Setinit/License in Metadata?

SASKiwi — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 00:00:47 GMT

@MichelleHomes - thank you very much for posting this. Great to learn a new feature that has been around a while and I didn't even notice!

It is worth pointing out though that for this check to be accurate, you need to have loaded the latest SAS licence into SAS metadata using the SAS Deployment Manager as in the screenshot below.

It is still possible to apply the licence in a SAS session or using the SAS Renewal Utility without loading it into metadata also. This applies to SAS installations where there are no licensed SAS web-based products, so the licence in metadata may not be the current one. Something to be careful about.

Re: Admin Tip - How to check a SAS Setinit/License in Metadata?

MichelleHomes — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 00:53:43 GMT

My pleasure @SASKiwi. There’s always something to learn with SAS

Thanks for sharing the additional point and screenshot too!

Re: Admin Tip - How to check a SAS Setinit/License in Metadata?

srini007svb — Fri, 01 May 2020 20:07:10 GMT

Very useful one