Batch servers
provide the command needed to run the programs that have been submitted
for scheduling. Several batch server types are supported, each of
which provides the command to run a scheduled SAS job from a specific
application in a specific environment. This command is included in
the metadata definition for each server. The batch server's commands
are independent of the type of scheduling server used.
Batch server metadata
objects are components of the SAS Application Server (for example,
SASApp), and can be created by using the Server Manager plug-in in
SAS Management Console. Each batch server object includes the following
attributes:
-
the network address of the associated
machine
Note: This address is for documentation
purposes only. The batch job executes on the machine that is specified
in the scheduling server's metadata.
-
a command that runs in batch mode
on the machine that is specified in the scheduling server's metadata
The following types
of batch servers are supported:
is used for scheduling
Java applications that are supplied by SAS and that are invoked and
launched by the standard java.exe shell.
This server definition is used for reports that are created by applications
such as SAS Web Report Studio and campaigns created by SAS Marketing
Automation. The subtype of the server specifies which Java application
is invoked (for example, the report subtype
runs outputgen, and the marketing automation subtype runs malauncher). Each SAS Java Batch server instance provides the command for a
single application, so if you need to schedule jobs from multiple
applications, you must configure a SAS Java Batch server for each
application (for example, one server for SAS Web Report Studio and
one for SAS Marketing Automation).
SAS DATA Step Batch server
is used for scheduling
SAS programs that contain DATA step and procedure statements. These
programs include jobs that are created in and deployed from SAS Data
Integration Studio.
The metadata definition
for a SAS DATA Step Batch Server must include a SAS start command
that will run in batch mode.
supports scheduling
jobs from SAS applications or solutions without requiring any knowledge
of the command that is required to schedule the job. This type of
server is use most often for scheduling jobs from SAS applications
that are not specifically supported by the SAS Java Batch server types.
If a SAS application adds support for scheduling jobs before a new
type of SAS Java Batch server has been created, you can use the SAS
generic batch server to provide a command to run jobs from the application.
Because the server does not have any knowledge about the command required
by the application, the server cannot add command-line arguments (for
example, to enable output logging).