topic Re: IOM vs COM in SAS Enterprise Guide https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/IOM-vs-COM/m-p/132790#M10779 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you want to confirm what type of connection you have with your SAS server, for example in EG, right click on the server name in the server list (possibly SASApp) and select properties. You will see the protocol is IOM.</P><P></P><P>If you do the same thing with a workspace server in SMC, under Server Manager, you will see the protocol is COM.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 Nov 2013 19:45:35 GMT SASKiwi 2013-11-05T19:45:35Z IOM vs COM https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/IOM-vs-COM/m-p/132786#M10775 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hi Friends - how can we figure if we are using IOM or COM bridge for connection...what is the pros and cons of it...? I am using SAS 9.1 and 9.3. With 9.3 i am using stored processes...</P><P></P><P>Thanks!</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 Nov 2013 01:10:45 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/IOM-vs-COM/m-p/132786#M10775 woo 2013-11-05T01:10:45Z Re: IOM vs COM https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/IOM-vs-COM/m-p/132787#M10776 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Usually COM is only used to start a Workspace Server on your local machine.</P><P>If you connect to a remote server you use the IOM Bridge protocoll.</P><P></P><P>Maybe this link to the documentation can help you understand the infrastructure of SAS: <A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/itechov/64881/HTML/default/viewer.htm#n1fm5i8zyi0kzkn14uwr64dy3pgn.htm" title="http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/itechov/64881/HTML/default/viewer.htm#n1fm5i8zyi0kzkn14uwr64dy3pgn.htm">SAS(R) 9.4 Integration Technologies: Overview</A></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 Nov 2013 08:40:46 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/IOM-vs-COM/m-p/132787#M10776 AndreasMenrath 2013-11-05T08:40:46Z Re: IOM vs COM https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/IOM-vs-COM/m-p/132788#M10777 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If using Stored Processes, then you have a SAS Metadata environment.&nbsp; You must use an IOM connection in that case -- there is no COM option.</P><P></P><P>As <A __default_attr="556522" __jive_macro_name="user" class="jive_macro jive_macro_user" data-objecttype="3" href="https://communities.sas.com/"></A> said, COM is the "automatic" Local server that you use when you have EG and SAS installed together on the same Windows machine, no metadata server necessary.&nbsp; If you are connecting to a configured workspace (for example, "SASApp") -- that's IOM.</P><P></P><P>For more behind-the-scenes discussion, see this paper:</P><P><A href="http://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings13/003-2013.pdf" title="http://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings13/003-2013.pdf">http://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings13/003-2013.pdf</A></P><P></P><P>Chris</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 Nov 2013 13:36:07 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/IOM-vs-COM/m-p/132788#M10777 ChrisHemedinger 2013-11-05T13:36:07Z Re: IOM vs COM https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/IOM-vs-COM/m-p/132789#M10778 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks Andreas and Chris...</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 Nov 2013 17:04:33 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/IOM-vs-COM/m-p/132789#M10778 woo 2013-11-05T17:04:33Z Re: IOM vs COM https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/IOM-vs-COM/m-p/132790#M10779 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you want to confirm what type of connection you have with your SAS server, for example in EG, right click on the server name in the server list (possibly SASApp) and select properties. You will see the protocol is IOM.</P><P></P><P>If you do the same thing with a workspace server in SMC, under Server Manager, you will see the protocol is COM.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 05 Nov 2013 19:45:35 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/IOM-vs-COM/m-p/132790#M10779 SASKiwi 2013-11-05T19:45:35Z