Fellow administrators     Today, version 3.0 of the SAS_lsm utility provides consistent management of single or multi-tiered SAS-related services for UNIX/Linux deployments from a single shell script. Consistent management includes tier dependency checking, starting, stopping, status checking (tier- and deployment-based), error log collection, analysis, and potential resolution recommendations.   See blogpost The SAS_lsm Utility Makes it Easy to Control SAS Servers in a Multi-Tier UNIX/Linux Deployment for additional detail.   We are now in the process of defining potential version 4.0 line items. Currently under consideration:   Solaris support Windows support GRID based support SAS_lsm non sas.servers based tier samples: ObjectSpawner DataFlux Data Management Server Visual Process Orchestration Server Visual Analytics LASR monitor Deployment Agent Environment Manager Server & Agent ... support customized pre & post tier based start/stop/status action user defined tools, for example:  backup  cleanwork log rolling user email notifications ... ...   Feel free to reach out here if you have any additional functionality that you would like to have considered for version 4.0 and/or if you have feedback on the items currently being considered.   Thanks!   Cliff   ... View more

Greetings     By popular demand the latest version of the SAS_lsm utility contains a new feature for log capturing. The updated utility can be downloaded from SAS Usage Note 58231: Utility that manages multi-tiered SAS® services for Unix/Linux deployments (http://support.sas.com/kb/58/231.html). Details: In the event of a failure to successfully complete a start or stop action, the SAS_lsm utility will create a Bill Of Materials (BOM) that identifies potential tier error logs of interest. The generated BOM file can be reviewed to assist in determining what prevented the successful completion of the start or stop action. Additionally SAS_lsm will create a BOM file if a status action detects that a previously successfully started deployment has tier services that have failed to remain operational. If SAS_lsm is invoked with the -e option, the utility will additionally extract copies of the logs to a centralized location. Because SAS logs can be large, the utility will trim the copy to only reflect the previous hour of activity. These logs can then be conveniently reviewed or compressed and sent to SAS Technical Support for review. Please note that the logging feature will be activiated after you use SAS_lsm to either start or stop your deployment.   After downloading the new version of SAS_lsm, please refer to the SAS_lsm.pdf file for additional detail.   Enjoy and keep the feedback coming!     Clifford   Original post:   The SAS_lsm utility provides management of multi-tiered Unix/Linux based services from a single shell script using password-less Secure Shell (SSH). You can use the script from the command line, scheduled cron job, or your operating-system reboot facility. This utility performs the following tasks for multi-tiered Unix/Linux SAS deployment:- reads a user-defined configuration file to establish the proper start & stop action sequence of all the tiers that comprise an entire deployment provides start & stop action management of all tiers that comprise an entire deployment from one location ensures that tier-specific start action dependencies are in the correct state prerequisite tiers started dependency tiers stopped automates start & stop action status reporting and notification for individual tiers and for the entire deployment provides real-time status reporting for individual tiers and for the entire deployment  ... View more

The SAS_lsm utility provides management of multi-tiered Unix/Linux based services from a single shell script using password-less Secure Shell (SSH). You can use the script from the command line, scheduled cron job, or your operating-system reboot facility. This utility performs the following tasks for multi-tiered Unix/Linux SAS deployment: reads a user-defined configuration file to establish the proper start & stop action sequence of all the tiers that comprise an entire deployment provides start & stop action management of all tiers that comprise an entire deployment from one location  ensures that tier-specific start action dependencies are in the correct state prerequisite tiers started dependency tiers stopped automates start & stop action status reporting and notification for individual tiers and for the entire deployment provides real-time status reporting for individual tiers and for the entire deployment Check out Usage Note 58231: Utility that manages multi-tiered SAS® services for Unix/Linux deployments for more details!   ... View more