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1 SAS Visual Analytics : Installation and configuration guide ( distributed SAS LASR )SAS DocumentationAugust 1, 2017 The correct bibliographic citation for this manual is as follows: SAS Institute Inc. 2017. SAS Visual Analytics : Installation and configuration guide ( distributed SAS LASR ). Cary, NC: SAS Institute Visual Analytics : Installation and configuration guide ( distributed SAS LASR )Copyright 2017, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USAAll Rights Reserved. Produced in the United States of a hard copy book: No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, SAS Institute a web download or e-book: Your use of this publication shall be governed by the terms established by the vendor at the time you acquire this scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book via the Internet or any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law.
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3 The Government s rights in Software and documentation shall be only those set forth in this Institute Inc., SAS Campus Drive, Cary, NC 27513-2414 August 2017 SAS and all other SAS Institute Inc. product or service names are registered trademarks or trademarks of SAS Institute Inc. in the USA and other countries. indicates USA brand and product names are trademarks of their respective :vaicgContentsUsing This Book .. vWhat s New in Installation and configuration for SAS Visual Analytics .. viiChapter 1/Introduction to Deploying SAS Visual Analytics .. 1 What Is SAS Visual Analytics ? .. 1 SAS Visual Statistics Installation Instructions .. 2 Where Do I Locate My Analytics Cluster? .. 3 Deploying SAS Visual Analytics .. 10 Chapter 2/Pre- Installation : Creating a SAS Software Depot.
4 13 Deployment Process Overview: Step One .. 13 About SAS Software Depots .. 14 Benefits of a SAS Software Depot .. 15 Best Practices for SAS Software Depots .. 17 Creating SAS Software Depots .. 18 Subsetting SAS Software Orders .. 32 Managing SAS Orders .. 38 Checking Your SAS Software Depot .. 46 Chapter 3/Pre- Installation : Setting Up Users, Groups, and Ports .. 51 Deployment Process Overview: Step Four .. 51 Defining User Accounts .. 52 Defining Groups .. 57 Configuring Machine Access .. 58 Designating Ports and Multicast Addresses .. 59 Chapter 4/Installing Third-Party Software .. 65 Deployment Process Overview: Step Five .. 65 About Installing Third-Party Products .. 65 Obtaining Third-Party Software .. 66 About the Java Runtime Environment .. 67 Pre- Installation Checklists for Third-Party Products.
5 67 Chapter 5/Deploying the SAS Visual Analytics Server and Middle Tier .. 71 Deployment Process Overview: Step Six .. 72 Components of SAS Visual Analytics .. 72 Preparing to Deploy SAS Visual Analytics .. 73 Deploying SAS Visual Analytics Interactively .. 89 Post-Deployment Tasks for Horizontal Clusters .. 135 Post-Deployment Tasks for SAS Information Retrieval Studio .. 135 Adding SAS LASR Analytic Server Monitor as a Windows Service .. 136 Validating Your SAS Visual Analytics Deployment .. 137 Validating Your SAS LASR Analytic Server Monitor Deployment .. 139 Chapter 6/What to Do Next: Administration Tasks .. 141 Overview of Required Administration Tasks .. 141 Review Post-deployment Documentation .. 141 Review SAS Intelligence Platform Post-deployment Documentation .. 142 Check Status for SAS Visual Analytics Servers.
6 142 Create SAS Users and Groups .. 142 Set ulimits for SAS Web Applications .. 143 Appendix 1/Deploying SAS LASR Analytic Server in a Different Mode .. 145 Overview of Deploying SAS LASR Analytic Server in a Different Mode .. 145 Deploy Visual Analytics with SAS LASR Analytic Server in Non- distributed Mode 146 Add a SAS LASR Analytic Server to Run in Non- distributed Mode .. 146 Convert a Non- distributed SAS LASR Analytic Server to distributed Mode .. 146 Appendix 2/Migrating SAS Visual Analytics .. 151 Overview of Migrating SAS Visual Analytics .. 151 Reviewing Additional Documentation .. 154 Designing Your Migration .. 155 Performing Pre-migration Tasks .. 156 Migration Considerations for SAS Visual Analytics .. 157 Upgrading Your SAS High-Performance Analytics Infrastructure.
7 158 Deploying SAS Visual Analytics and Migrating Your Content .. 158 Performing Post-Migration Tasks .. 160 Validating Your Migrated Deployment .. 162 Appendix 3/ configuration Options by Prompt Level .. 163 Overview of configuration Options By Prompting Level .. 163 configuration Options by Prompt Level .. 164 Appendix 4/Managing Your SAS Visual Analytics Deployment .. 173 Upgrading SAS Visual Analytics .. 173 Update SAS License .. 175 Add on SAS Visual Analytics Administration and Reporting .. 179 Remove SAS Visual Analytics Product Configurations .. 179 Identify Dependent SAS Visual Analytics Products .. 180 Change Autoload Location for the Public LASR Library .. 182 Recommended Reading .. 183 Glossary .. 185 Index .. 193ivContentsUsing This BookAudienceThis book documents the Installation and initial configuration of SAS Visual Analytics for a distributed SAS LASR Analytic Server on an Analytics cluster for a traditional, on-premises deployments.
8 For information about SAS Visual Analytics in the cloud, see SAS Cloud documentation about installing and configuring SAS Visual Analytics for a non- distributed SAS LASR Analytic Server, see the SAS Visual Analytics : Installation and configuration guide (Non- distributed SAS LASR).This book covers tasks that are required after you and your SAS representative have decided what software you need and on what machines you will install the software. At this point, you can begin performing some pre- Installation tasks, such as creating operating system user accounts and designating the ports that you will use during you are deploying a non- distributed SAS LASR Analytic Server, you will also need to refer to the SAS High-Performance Analytics Infrastructure: Installation and configuration ConventionsSAS Installation DirectoryThe phrase SAS Installation directory refers to a host path.
9 (The SAS Installation directory is sometimes referred to as SAS Home.) For example, C:\Program Files\ configuration DirectoryThe phrase SAS configuration directory refers to a host path that includes a configuration name and level. For example, C:\SAS\Config\ more information, see the topic, Overview of the configuration Directory Structure in SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration This BookWhat s NewWhat s New in Installation and configuration for SAS Visual Analytics SAS Visual Analytics : Installation and configuration guide ( distributed SAS LASR) explains how to install and initially configure SAS Visual book contains new information about the following enhancements and changes to SAS Visual Analytics :nTLS certificates chapter movedTLS Certificates Chapter MovedIn the fourth maintenance release for SAS , the chapter Setting Up Certificates for SAS Deployment, has been integrated into the following documents:nSAS Intelligence Platform.
10 Middle-Tier Administration GuidenEncryption in SASnSAS Intelligence Platform: Security Administration GuideviiviiiInstallation and Configuration1 Introduction to Deploying SAS Visual AnalyticsWhat Is SAS Visual Analytics ? .. 1 SAS Visual Statistics Installation Instructions .. 2 Where Do I Locate My Analytics Cluster? .. 3 Overview of Locating Your Analytics Cluster .. 3Co-located with Your Data Store .. 4 Remote from Your Data Store (Serial Connection) .. 5 Remote from Your Data Store (Parallel Connection) .. 7 Deploying SAS Visual Analytics .. 10 Overview of Deploying SAS Visual Analytics .. 10 Step 1: Create a SAS Software Depot .. 10 Step 2: Check for Documentation Updates .. 10 Step 3: Deploy the SAS High-Performance Analytics Infrastructure .. 10 Step 4: Create Operating System Users and Groups and Designate Ports.
