This SAS note indicates that message means the client can't validate the server. If SASENVIRONMENTSURL is set correctly you may need to engage technical support. Problem Note 52918: SAS® Environment errors might be displayed by SAS® Enterprise Miner(tm) Client https://support.sas.com/kb/52/918.html ... View more

Hello,   So you are sure that SAS/CONNECT is displayed (twice) in the LOG after submitting the below ?? proc setinit; run; proc product_status; run; (dummy line) Maybe you need to increase the heapsize? It's a Java thing (JVM = Java Virtual Machine) Usage Note 18941: The SAS/CONNECT® spawner under Windows stops responding when there are a large number of concurrent connections https://support.sas.com/kb/18/941.html Other possibility : Problem due to a corrupt Metadata node. Replacing this with a new Metadata node will resolve the issue. Thanks, Koen ... View more

SAS 9.4 based software is deployed using the SAS Deployment Wizard. The SAS Deployment Wizard has a record and playback feature allow it be executed without end user interaction. See https://support.sas.com/documentation/installcenter/en/ikdeploywizug/66034/PDF/default/user.pdf check page 12 for details. Ansible could be used to invoke the SAS Deployment Wizard on the system but it will need to be the SAS Deployment Wizard with a response file that installs the software. ... View more

We have topology of One meta, two compute and One mid tier. Configured SAS EG, SAS Stored Process Portal,SAS DI Studio, SAS Credit Risk and SAS VA.   Thanks & Regards, Siddhu1 ... View more

I see it clear: To change the file permissions to what SAS deployment tools prefer, use the following command. This command should be performed using the account of the owner of the depot. chmod -R 755 "/sas/SAS_with_VA_depot"   ... View more

If you store the encrypted passwords in open code, these are easily open to reuse by other SAS users regardless of the encryption method.   ... View more

Hi.  We don't have enough information about the problem you are trying to solve to advise you that you must unconfigure and uninstall all the software on all servers.   However, if your goal is to remove all of the software and start over, then unconfigure and uninstall must be done on all servers. ... View more

Did you ask SAS Technical Support specifically about the process for uninstalling and reinstalling? The uninstall order would be similar to the install order, but reversed (e.g. middle tier first), as these are web applications I'm not sure you'd need to do anything on the other servers. ... View more

Another way to troubleshoot this is to create an Oracle LIBNAME statement with exactly the same settings as in your metadata library definition. If the LIBNAME works then there is nothing wrong with the Oracle connection settings and the problem is with the metadata permissions.   Also, I always define this metadata library option in external database connections to ensure tables show in EG without having to register them:   ... View more

Hi @siddhu1    Your screenshot does not display the URL you used to get the "wrong" output. Can you show us the URL?   Eyal ... View more

Be cautious if you have customizations to your environment though like SAML, test thoroughly before running this against your production environment. ... View more

I am encouraged by your endorsement of PowerShell. I have dabbled for years but it is hard to replace 20 years of shell scripts. Regarding gathering usage metrics, I have found that management are rarely interested until there is an issue - review of licensing costs or some other product they have been convinced is cheaper. Lately, it has been cloud cost estimates.   One day before I retire, I am hoping there will be in person user group meetings to discuss this stuff. ... View more

The checksum calculation error observed when running the SAS Deployment Backup and Recovery Tool can be caused by a number of things, though most commonly is due to the backup.journal files becoming corrupted. Renaming the backup.journal file forces the backup process to re-create them. You might wanna rule that out first by renaming the backup.journal file. ... View more

It looks like the failure is at the content server portion of the backup. Does content server validation succeed in SAS Management Console? ... View more

Looks like there is a logrotate  like utility available on windows. The details are available at GitHub - plecos/logrotatewin: This is a Windows implementation of the logrotate utility found in Linux platforms. The goal is to use the same command line parameters and files as the Linux version.  On Unix/Linux this is used routinely to archive and then remove old logs. However, for windows recommend testing and due diligence before using it. In case you adopt it please share your experiences for the benefit of other users. ... View more