SAS 9.4 Services Restart

[Mahis]

Hi everyone,

For these SAS services, if we find any of them down is it okay to restart it automatically? Or are there any specific services that require restarting in a particular order?

SAS Metadata Server 1

SAS Environment Manager Agent

SAS Web Infrastructure Data Server

SAS Data Management Data Server

SAS OLAP Server 1

SAS Object Spawner 1

SAS Share Server 1

SAS CONNECT Spawner 1

SAS DIP Job Runner 1

SAS Cache Locator Service ins_41415

SAS JMS Broker

SAS Web Server

SAS Web App Server SASServer1_1

SAS Web App Server SASServer12_1

SAS Web App Server SASServer15_1

SAS Web App Server SASServer2_1

SAS Web App Server SASServer6_1

SAS Environment Manager

SAS Information Retrieval Studio Server

Thank you

[JackMcGuire · Accepted solution]

Hi Mahis,

Some SAS services have dependencies, so it’s important to follow the recommended order for stopping and starting them. You can find the detailed instructions here: Stopping and Starting SAS Services. Please note that these services might be distributed across multiple servers.

If a service has gone down, you should stop any dependent services and then start the services again in the recommended order.

On UNIX, you can use the sas.servers script, which automatically starts the services in the correct order on each server: Using the sas.servers Script

On Windows, you can use Windows Services to stop and start the SAS services. However, not all service dependencies are automatically configured, so you must manually follow the recommended start-up order and check for dependencies. Alternatively, you can create a batch script using net commands, similar to the sas.servers script: Creating a Batch Script for SAS Services

Some SAS services can take some time to start, so to ensure each service is fully operational before proceeding to the next, check its log file for confirmation.

[Nigel_Pain]

Hi

This thread might interest you if you are on a Windows platform:

SAS-wsm is available for use with SAS 9.4 deployments - SAS Support Communities

@AndyForeman created a Powershell utility to work in a similar way to the Unix/Linux sas.servers script. It works to ensure that services start in the right order, and waits for the ones which take a while to come up completely (eg. the web apps). I adapted Andy's script to work in a multi-platform environment. There's a zipped version of that as an attachment to one of my posts in the thread.