topic Re: command to run SMU on midtier server linux in Administration and Deployment

command to run SMU on midtier server linux

Chery — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:37:25 GMT

I successfully generated the SMU analysis report on the metadata server using the following command:

./launchsmu.sh -analyze -sasconfigdir /proj/sas/config/Lev1 -sasproductdir /proj/sas/programs -outputdir /tmp/smuoutput -metadatahost hostname -metadataport 8561 -user sasadm@saspw -password ******

However, when executing the same command on the middle-tier server, the utility fails to proceed. Could someone advise on what might be missing or misconfigured for the mid-tier execution

Error:

/proj/sas/programs/SASFoundation/9.4/sas -sysin "/tmp/smuoutput/getVersion.sas" -log "/tmp/smuoutput/getVersion.log"
14:34:40,709 [WARN ] com.sas.services.connection (f2,r0) A connection was returned to the factory by the garbage collector (f2,c0)
14:34:41,481 [INFO ] SMU Not metadata tier because server address : hostaname (masked actual hostname)!= this host address: hostname(masked actual hostname)
14:34:41,483 [ERROR ] SMU The migration utility had an error:
14:34:41,483 [ERROR ] SMU The metadata server tier has to be migrated before any other tier.
14:34:41,487 [ERROR ] ERRLOG The migration utility exited with error:
com.sas.apps.migration.smu.FrameworkException: The metadata server tier has to be migrated before any other tier.
at com.sas.apps.migration.smu.Framework.manageOutputDirectory(Framework.java:777)
at com.sas.apps.migration.smu.Main.init(Main.java:116)
at com.sas.apps.migration.smu.Main.main(Main.java:57)

Re: command to run SMU on midtier server linux

ronf_sas — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 18:57:50 GMT

Hi. The SAS Migration Utility is not detecting that the metadata server tier is your SMU package. The package needs to be cumulative, in that the end result should be that the single package contains all tiers.

You either need to copy the metadata SMU package (the entire outputdir) to /tmp/smuoutput on the middle-tier or share /tmp/smuoutput across both machines.

Re: command to run SMU on midtier server linux

Chery — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 19:26:06 GMT

Hi,

Thank you for your prompt response. I had already copied the smuoutput_metadata directory to the mid-tier machine from metadata server under /tmp prior to executing the command. However, I’m still encountering the same error as noted in my earlier communication. Please advise. Thanks!

Re: command to run SMU on midtier server linux

ronf_sas — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 19:44:20 GMT

If your metadata output directory is named smuoutput_metadata and you copied it to /tmp on the middle-tier, then you either need to rename smuoutput_metadata to smuoutput or change the -outputdir option to smuoutput_metadata so that it matches the folder name you copied to the middle tier.

If that doesn't help, can you give me a directly listing of /tmp & /tmp/smuoutput ?

Re: command to run SMU on midtier server linux

Chery — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 20:27:13 GMT

did not work and still same issue.

/tmp:

smuoutput
smuoutput_old
smuoutput_midtier

/tmp/smuoutput:

manifest.properties
metadata.properties --> file was not originally generated; based on ChatGPT's recommendation, an empty placeholder file was manually created.
migration-schemas
metadata@hostname(masked actual hostname)