https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/SAS-Development-Server/m-p/39133#M10069 Best practice is NOT to share metadata between environments.<BR /> What you do is define your metadata in dev, and the migrate it to prod, probably using partial promotion (export/import). To initialize the dev env you can use full promotion using the Metadata Server plugin in SAS management console.<BR /> See on-line doc for 9.2 for more detailed descriptions:<BR /> <BR /> <A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/intellplatform/index.html" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/intellplatform/index.html</A><BR /> <BR /> There is exists corresponding doc for 9.1.3.<BR /> <BR /> /Linus Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:22:18 GMT LinusH 2009-06-01T08:22:18Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/SAS-Development-Server/m-p/39132#M10068 Hi, I need help is setting up the following.<BR /> We have a Production server and on the same server we would like to have development environment server too. May be we can share the metadata<BR /> I dont have a clear idea from where to start, I had searched net but did not find link to proceed.<BR /> Can someone please help me in this regard.<BR /> Regards,<BR /> Sajju Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:06:06 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/SAS-Development-Server/m-p/39132#M10068 deleted_user 2009-06-01T07:06:06Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/SAS-Development-Server/m-p/39133#M10069 Best practice is NOT to share metadata between environments.<BR /> What you do is define your metadata in dev, and the migrate it to prod, probably using partial promotion (export/import). To initialize the dev env you can use full promotion using the Metadata Server plugin in SAS management console.<BR /> See on-line doc for 9.2 for more detailed descriptions:<BR /> <BR /> <A href="http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/intellplatform/index.html" target="_blank">http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/intellplatform/index.html</A><BR /> <BR /> There is exists corresponding doc for 9.1.3.<BR /> <BR /> /Linus Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:22:18 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/SAS-Development-Server/m-p/39133#M10069 LinusH 2009-06-01T08:22:18Z