Validate the SAS Metadata Server, SAS Workspace Servers, SAS Pooled Workspace Servers, SAS Stored Process Servers, and SAS OLAP Servers

To determine whether your metadata server, workspace servers, pooled workspace servers, stored process servers, and OLAP servers are set up correctly, you can use the Validate feature. This feature submits a small SAS program to the server to determine whether it can process the code. You can validate either a logical server or a particular instance of a server.

Note: You cannot validate a workspace server that is configured to use client-side (rather than server-side) pooling. To determine whether a workspace server uses client-side pooling, right-click the server's logical server node and click Properties. If the properties dialog box contains a Pooling tab that lists at least one puddle, then the server uses client-side pooling.

To validate a server, follow these steps:

Log on to SAS Management Console as a user with the appropriate credentials. See Who Can Do What in the Server Manager Plug-in.
In SAS Management Console, expand the Server Manager node and the node for the application server (for example, SASApp).
To validate a logical server:
1. Right-click the logical workspace server, logical pooled workspace server, logical stored process server, or logical OLAP server that you want to validate.
2. Select Validate.
To validate a particular server instance:
1. Expand the appropriate logical server node.
2. In the tree that appears under the logical server definition, expand the server definition node.
3. In the tree that appears under the server definition, select the server instance that you want to validate, as shown in this example:
4. Right-click the server instance and select Validate.
SAS Management Console sends a small SAS program to the server for execution. If the program executes correctly, the following message is displayed:
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Validation Successful!
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If the program does not execute correctly, an error message is displayed. For assistance in resolving the problem, see Troubleshooting the SAS Server Tier in SAS Intelligence Platform: Installation and Configuration Guide.
If you are denied access, make sure you have the appropriate credentials. After your credentials are updated, click FileClear Credentials Cache in SAS Management Console before you try to validate again.

Note: To run more extensive validation tests, you can use the SAS Deployment Tester plug-in in SAS Management Console or the SAS Deployment Tester batch clients. These tools enable you to validate components on both the middle tier and the SAS server tier. For more information, see Using the Deployment Tester or the SAS Management Console Help.